(Asian) believed that the procedures to facilitate the flow of travelers during the current circumstances with the resumption of flights again, would give him an opportunity to smuggle 1.3 kilograms of narcotic crystal substance, through Dubai International Airport, but what was absent from his mind that Dubai Customs is doing the emergency plan in the stages of crises or the height of travel through Increase the number of inspectors in each shift.
Details of the case are due to the suspicion of a Dubai customs officer during the performance of his work at Dubai International Airport in the bag of a passenger while passing on the itinerary, and increased his doubts by reading body language where signs of confusion appeared on the traveler, which led him to request to bring the bag and subject it to inspection, and during the search On the sides of the bag, notice the abnormal thickness of the bottom layer of the bag, and then slit the place of the thickness to find a plastic bag surrounded by adhesive containing 1.3 kg of narcotic crystal.
The director of the Dubai Customs Passenger Operations Department, Ibrahim Al Kamali, said that Dubai customs inspectors suspected an Asian traveler when he came to the country and when the traveler approached the customs area, the inspector asked him to put the bags for inspection as the bag was emptied of clothes and passed to the baggage inspection device, so it was found that An additional secret plastic layer on the bottom bottom of the bag and removing it was found a bag containing a substance that turned out to be an anesthetic crystal, so the arrest and delivery report was issued with the seizures and information contained in the investigation records to the office of the General Anti-Drug Administration of Dubai Police, based on cooperation and coordination Kamali added that the traveler (a resident of the country) tried to use the return of flights to facilitate the return of residents in smuggling narcotic substances, thinking that the first flights might witness the facilitation of inspection procedures due to the pandemic of “Covid-19”, but he does not know that Dubai Customs is doing the emergency plan in Stages of crises or peak travel by increasing the number of inspectors in each shift, as well as by supporting with advanced agencies in detecting contraband.
He pointed out that drug promoters are seeking to spread toxins and drugs in various countries of the world in various ways and methods, including exploiting the conditions of some individuals to carry out smuggling operations and luring them with money and false promises in an attempt to smuggle them through various methods, disregarding the large role that Dubai Customs inspectors play in addressing For all wrong practices.
Promote customs sense
The Director of Passenger Operations Department at Dubai Customs, Ibrahim Al Kamali, stressed that Dubai Customs pays great attention to the national cadres in the field of inspection, and provides the necessary support to perform all the tasks entrusted to them and organize specialized courses in drug detection and methods and methods of smuggling and concealing them.
And providing them with the latest technologies available for inspection and inspection equipment, which contributes to refining the inspectors' experience in dealing with such attempts and uncovering sophisticated, diversified smuggling methods.