Five Asian men were arrested for possessing illegal drugs that weighed more than 17 kilograms in two separate operations. In a post by Abu Dhabi Police on their official social media pages, these men were allegedly planning to promote the narcotics to young people in the country.
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The operations team from Abu Dhabi Police were able to track these activities and apprehend the suspects.
Five Men Caught and Arrested for Carrying Illegal Drugs
Brigadier Muhammad Suhail al-Rashdi, Acting Director of the Criminal Security Department, mentioned that the first operation involved an international gang which consists of 4 men, with 12 kg of crystal, while the second operation involved a drug dealer with 5.5 kg of ‘crystal methamphetamine’.
The emirate has been actively campaigning in raising awareness of the dangers and damages of drugs.
Below is the post from the Abu Dhabi Police official Instagram page:
Here’s the translated version of the above post:
In two specific operations, the Abu Dhabi Police arrested 5 Asians with 17 kg and a half of narcotics, which were in the process of being promoted to young people in the country.
Brigadier Muhammad Suhail al-Rashdi, Acting Director of the Criminal Security Department, said that in the first operation, an international gang consisting of 4 persons, with 12 kilograms of crystal, was piled in the middle of 4 tons of vehicle parts in a container Shipped in an industrial shop in one of the emirates of the UAE, in a process called “The Big Challenge”. He added: In the second operation was arrested a drug dealer, in possession of 5 kg and a half of the drug “crystal”, hidden secretly in a mobile phone shop in one of the emirates of the state, in an operation called “phones death”
Brigadier Al Rashedi stressed the keenness of Abu Dhabi Police to combat crime on a large scale. He pointed out that the issue of the “big challenge” of a major security challenge to remove the gang members from a cargo container in a factory in one of the industrial zones of the state, Will be away from the watchful eyes, but was extracted and careful, after unloading the container of 4 tons of spare parts of vehicles stacked above the drugs, to be difficult to find, and found the rest of the quantity in one of the houses in the state, and the total weight of seizures 12 kg, and 4 kg of crystal anesthetic.
Colonel Tahir Ghareeb Al-Dhahri, director of the Directorate of Drug Control in the Criminal Security Sector, referred to the security efforts that led to the beating of the drug trafficker in the second case, “telephones of death.” He explained that the suspect was a regular salesman in the shop.
He pointed out the importance of the two campaigns as they coincided with the campaign “My life is more expensive” carried out by the Abu Dhabi Police to raise awareness of the dangers and damages of drugs, pointing out efforts within its strategy and unified plans to address the scourge of drugs, and the importance of joint cooperation between control devices to reduce the spread.
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