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Joint action by the Anti-Narcotic Departments of Dubai and Sharjah has led to the arrest of an Asian on charges of trafficking drugs into the country.
The accused, identified as PH, aged 31, is a sailor on a merchant ship.
An official source at Dubai’s Anti-Narcotics Department confirmed that the arrest and said the two agencies had received a tip-off about a man in possession of a large quantity of narcotics.
The intelligence suggested that he was to hand over the drugs to a person in the country after he had received instructions from a third person residing in a neighbouring Asian country.
A Dubai and Sharjah joint team arrested the accused in Sharjah with a plastic bag containing 5.9kg of hashish.
The accused has been referred to the Public Prosecution in Sharjah.
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