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29 March 2024

Two women with 10.4kg of crystal arrested at Dubai airport

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Dubai airport customs authorities arrested two women who tried to smuggle 10.4 kg of crystal Methamphetamine drugs into the emirate after suspecting them for going into the toilet many times, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

Customs women were instantly suspicious when they saw that the two women looked confused and did not stop going to the toilet and to the duty free shop apparently to wait for the customs check-up to be crowded with passengers.

When their baggage was later scanned, customs women noticed an unusual bulge at the bottom of the bags and asked the two women to open them.

After a thorough search, the inspectors found a secret chamber in each bag, where the drugs were concealed.

One bag had 5.4 kg of crystal while the other contained around five kg, the Arabic language daily Alittihad said.

The women confessed that they work for another woman who live in a Middle East country and direct them via their mobile phones,” it said, quoting Ali Al Makhawi, director of the customs operation at Dubai airport.

He said the two women were handed over to counter-drugs authorities but did not specify their nationalities or say where they had arrived from.