1,200 black magic items seized on way to Dubai

Dubai Customs arrested two Asian men attempting to smuggle around 1,200 items used in witchcraft and black magic into Dubai via Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport.

The witchcraft haul includes talisman, amulets, spells, worry beads, knives, threads, rings, leaves, powders, cotton rolls, ampoules, blood, fish skeletons and animal bones, according to Ali Al Maghawi, director of the airport operations department at Dubai Customs.

The arrest of the two men took place upon searching their bags as they travelled through Dubai International Airport, he added.

"Upon searching the bags, inspectors discovered a large number of witchery writings, talisman and items which are usually used in witchcraft and sorcery work and is strictly prohibited by UAE law," the official said in a statement.

More than 1,200 items of 28 types were found, including some talisman with different sizes, tin cans for amulets, metallic papers, worry beads, animal skins, sorcery knives, magic teaching books, bags containing fish skeletons, needles, animal bones, ampoules containing blood & liquids, animal drawings used in sorcery works, strings, pieces of charcoals, finger rings, oysters, leaves, powders, cotton rolls used in sorcery works, thread and some dark materials.

The move is part of Dubai Customs' crackdown on the smuggling of such items into the UAE. 92 seizures related to witchery and sorcery were made in Dubai 2011 and 16 in the first quarter of 2012.

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