In a qualitative operation dubbed "Sattah", the Dubai Police General Directorate of Narcotics uncovered the details of the overthrow of two large international drug smuggling gangs who were hiding their poisons between the wooden boards under the roof of two wooden compounds. Types of narcotic substances.
The qualitative operation was carried out by the control and investigation team at the General Directorate of Drug Control in Dubai Police in Al Ras area in Dubai Creek, in coordination with the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigations, and the General Administration for the Security of Commissions, Establishments and Emergency, and Dubai Customs. The UAE launches on the surface of the boat, because the gang members choose this malicious method to smuggle their poisons.
Dubai Police Commander-in-Chief, Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, said that the seizure was carried out with careful planning and professionalism, highlighting the great potential of the Dubai Police's anti-drug officers and personnel, both in following closely the movements of the gang members from the first moments of the relevant department receiving security information about their activities. Criminal or professional inspection of the two wooden compounds used in smuggling.
The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police thanked the various parties involved in the operation, noting the sincere efforts of the anti-drug crews, the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Investigations, and the unit of the Security Inspection Department (K9 "police dogs") in the General Directorate of Security of Commissions, Establishments and Emergency, and Dubai Customs.
He said: The tight coordination that emerged between these entities in the process was a cornerstone of its success, which is a testament to the strength of cooperation between the various security agencies who are vigilant in the security of our maritime ports, and the qualitative achievements made in overthrowing the smuggling gangs.
The first compound
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On the other hand, the Assistant Commander in Chief of Criminal Investigation Affairs in Dubai Police Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri said that the smugglers used in this process methods of concealing drugs from the difficulty of detecting them, and secret places specially equipped for smuggling after making changes to the structure of the first vessel, which was raided by the control and investigation team. With the support of the specialized teams from Dubai Police and the Security Inspection Unit (K9), they found large quantities of drugs in different places between the wood boards under the deck and additional quantities in the front, explaining that the team found drugs of the type of hashish, crystal, opium and heroin .
Major General Al Mansouri said: Following the monitoring team, they arrested one of the gang members who had previously entered the country as a visitor, in order to receive drugs sent from smugglers in the neighboring country for storage and promotion among the community members in the UAE.
He added: The investigation and detection teams in the apartment he lived in one of the areas in Dubai, found 9 cylindrical plastic containers, containing large quantities of hashish and crystal drugs, and balance, which confirms his criminal activity, and his involvement in trafficking and the promotion of drugs.
The second compound
Regarding the second vessel, Maj. Gen. Al Mansouri said that the control and investigation team, according to confirmed information available to him in conjunction with the raid on the first vessel, indicate the presence of another boat in Dubai Creek Marina with a number of sailors, and containing large quantities of drugs brought to the State for trafficking Promotion, the team immediately moved to the place where the boat docked, surprised the staff on board, and arrested them all.
He continued: After subjecting the workers of the gang members, and the boat they are carrying for a thorough inspection found a team of control and investigation in the chest of the boat on a large amount of drugs, including narcotics hashish and crystal.
Accused and seizures
For his part, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, Colonel Khalid Ali Moiza, said that the number of gang members arrested 12 accused, all belonging to the same Asian nationality, while the total weight of drugs seized in the process amounted to 194 kg.
Colonel Khalid Ali Mweiza said: `` This is a painful and severe blow to the two gangs who seek to collect black wealth by harming the consciousness and ethics of the UAE society, both citizens and residents.All of the arrested defendants have been referred to the competent legal authorities to take legal action against them, commensurate with their respective roles in the crime.