The General Department of Narcotics Control at Dubai Police arrested an international Asian gang that tried to promote 59 kilograms of heroin and crystal narcotics in the country, in a specific process called "cleansing", as the gang tried to use the precautionary measures in dealing with the Corona virus to promote its toxins, except Dubai Police was on her lookout, and arrested 4 of her people in flagrante delicto.
The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri confirmed that the seizure was carried out with tight planning and high professionalism, which highlighted the great potential enjoyed by officers and anti-drug personnel in the Dubai Police, both in closely monitoring the movements of the gang members from the first moments of the relevant administration receiving security information about its criminal activity until Hour of raid.
Al-Marri said: “The administration worked according to the strategy of His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, to address the large heads of international drug dealers.” He pointed out that the seizure and investigation team monitored around the clock for more than 12 days Gang members and vehicles they used to promote toxins.
On the details of the operation, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Major General expert Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansoori said: “The General Department of Narcotics Control has received information about the gang members trying to take advantage of the extraordinary circumstances the country is going through under precautionary measures to combat Corona virus, and take advantage of free time among young people In order to spread their toxins, but the anti-drug men were on the lookout, and they arrested them in time, and they seized large quantities of drugs in their possession that reached 59 kilograms, which included 26 kilograms of heroin and 33 kilograms of crystal anesthetic.
For his part, Brigadier General Eid Muhammad Thani Hareb, Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control said: "The administration has received information stating that an Asian person possesses a large amount of drugs and seeks to promote them among members of society, citizens and residents, by several individuals affiliated with him."
He added, “A task force was formed immediately to investigate the person about whom the information was received, and after its suspicious activity was proven, the team prepared the appropriate plan to entrap him and those involved in his criminal activity, and he was placed under constant surveillance for 12 days, until he was able to uncover all cooperating gang members. With him, the monitoring and identification of vehicles, which they used in an attempt to promote the intention of camouflaging and distraction. ”
He continued: «At zero hour, both the defendant, the leader of the gang and his assistant, were raided, and the drugs they had in their possession were seized in the vehicle they were traveling in. Then the third and fourth defendants were arrested in front of the residence of the second defendant in one of the areas of Dubai city, and the defendants confessed Those arrested by promoting drugs in pursuit of money ».