Abandoned smuggling of 274 thousand tablets «Kptagon» in a wooden vessel

The Dubai Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle 274,000 tablets, hidden in a secret hideout inside a fuel tank for a wooden ship engine.

The smugglers tricked Dubai Customs officers by placing large amounts of diesel in the engine fuel tank to hide the crime, but the inspectors were able to find two black bags containing the Kabtagon pills packed in 137 transparent plastic bags.

When the ship's captain asked the two bags, he denied knowing them, so the ship's crew and the drug shipment were handed over to the Dubai Police Department.

This is the second qualitative control in terms of value, weight and quantity for drug seizures for the management of coastal customs centers in recent years. Customs officers at the coastal customs centers have managed to control 783,800 drug-packed "catpagons" in 719 bags in mechanical equipment during 2018, While the total number of drug seizures in the administration eight seizures for the same year. These customs confirm the important role that Dubai Customs plays in the fight against drugs and protect the society from its harm by tackling attempts to smuggle drugs from the customs ports of the Emirate, as part of the mission of the Department to protect society and promote sustainable economic development.

Ahmed Al-Daleel, Director of Coastal Customs Centers, said smuggling methods and smugglers' efforts to find new ways to pass contraband to the UAE vary, but this is matched by the professionalism and vigilance of Dubai Customs officers in uncovering such methods. To address the smuggling of narcotics and sorcery, and other prohibited or restricted substances, pointing out that the seizure of a number of the latest captagon pills showed the ability of inspectors to detect the tricks of smugglers.

He pointed out that Dubai Customs organized 13 training courses last year as part of its efforts to rehabilitate and train officers cadres, while the number of courses in the first quarter of this year were four training courses, attended by 178 inspectors and inspectors from different customs centers.