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19 March 2024

Dubai Police help bust smuggling bids

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Dubai Police has helped bust several smuggling networks in co-operation with anti-narcotics authorities in the last few months, according to a report in Al Khaleej.

Major-General Abdul Jalil Mahdi, Director, General Directorate of Anti-narcotics, Dubai Police, said Dubai Airport officials have successfully helped confiscate drugs and arrest suspects in South Africa, Malayisa, Oman, Ivory Coast and Thailand by delivering intelligence information to authorities there.
 
One Malaysian was nabbed for hiding narcotics in his stomach, while an African who passed through Dubai was held in Cape Town airport with 500 grams of cocaine in her bag.
 
Similarly, Dubai Police helped nab a traveller from the Pacific Ocean Islands who possessed 3kg of cocaine.