5 arrested for promotion of drugs in UAE

dubai — Five Asians were arrested by the anti-narcotic department of the Dubai Police for smuggling and promoting drugs.

Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, assistant commander-in-chief of the Dubai Police for criminal investigation affairs, said the five defendants were arrested after the police received information about the drugs from sources.

A team was formed in coordination with the Sharjah Police antinarcotics department and two of the five men were arrested in an ambush at a residence in Sharjah suburbs. During the search, the police found drugs stored under a two-storey bed and seized three medium-sized bags containing over 15kg of heroin and 2.6kg of crystal meth.

After the first and second defendants were brought to the anti-narcotic department of the Dubai Police, they identified a third suspect and nabbed him from Al Musaffah area in Abu Dhabi. The arrest took place near his residence in coordination with the Abu Dhabi Police.

One of the gang members said they had links to a drug trafficker in their homeland and he sent the drugs in their possession.

The first defendant confessed that he had given a quantity of the drug to a person for the purpose of smuggling it out of the country. The anti-narcotic team of the Dubai Police immediately moved to the place in the Dubai Industrial City and arrested the fourth defendant. He said he handed over the drug to a fifth suspect. The police team moved again to the whereabouts of the fifth defendant and arrested him in the same area.

Maj-Gen Al Mansouri said both defendants were brought to the Dubai Police anti-narcotic department after seizing bags containing drugs from the truck of the fifth defendant. A total of 7.4kg of crystal meth and 2.4kg of heroin was found in the vehicle.

Maj-Gen Al Mansouri said the five defendants were referred to the competent judicial authorities to take the necessary legal action and were charged with different illegal activities. He thanked the anti-narcotics departments of the Sharjah and Abu Dhabi for their cooperation with the Dubai Police team. He praised the efforts of all those who participated in the success of the operation.

A total amount of 17.4kg of heroin and 9.47kg of crystal anesthetic were seized in the police operation.