Dubai drug busts up 40% in 2008
Shadiah Abdullah; 28/6/08
The number of drug cases in Dubai increased by 37.6 percent during the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year. Announcing the figures during a symposium to mark the World Anti-Narcotics Day, Maj. Gen. Khamis Mattar Al-Mazeina, acting chief of Dubai police, said that 142 suspects — mostly from the African continent or South Asia — were arrested in the same period in connection with the smuggled drugs. Al-Mazeina said the busts included 60 kilograms of heroin with a street value of AED30 million and 10 kilos of cocaine worth AED5 million. Dubai police work closely with other law enforcement agencies to catch smugglers who use the UAE as a major transit point for drugs destined for the Middle East countries and other destinations, including East Asia.
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Tags: Drugs, Saudi Arabia