Dubai Customs seizes 64 Saker Falcons hidden in a vegetable truck

The customs inspection sector at Dubai Customs managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle 64 live birds of the "Free Falcon" into the country's territory through the Hatta border crossing, in violation of the law regulating and controlling international trade in endangered animals and plants and the law of veterinary quarantine in force in the country.

Dubai Customs confirmed that the aforementioned shipment did not carry any official documents or health certificates, in accordance with Federal Law No. 11 of 2002 regarding the Convention Regulating International Trade in Endangered Species of Animals and Plants (CITES), which the UAE acceded to in 1990.

The details of the incident refer to the suspicion of an inspector during the work shift at the Hatta Customs Center in a vegetable truck, so he thoroughly searched it after noticing signs of concern on the truck driver, to find a number of live falcons of the “Free Hawk” type that were hidden in the front of the truck under the vegetables. The falcons were referred to the "Veterinary Quarantine" section of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment at the Hatta border post to be dealt with in accordance with international conventions and treaties regarding them.

Dubai Customs continues its continuous efforts to control endangered animals and plants, as the presence of certificates or documents attached to the animals entering through the ports is checked.

The department is working to raise the level of efficiency of the inspectors and subject them to rehabilitation and training programs on all smuggling methods, in addition to circulating lists of endangered animals to identify them and benefit from them in the seizure operations. A number of 44 various seizures were recorded during the first half of this year in the Hatta Center.

The Senior Director of the Hatta Customs Center Hamad Kajour explained that the Hatta Customs Center deals daily with about 150 trucks loaded with goods, as the number of trucks that the center dealt with reached 23,892 trucks during the first half of this year..noting that this number requires the highest levels Vigilance of the inspectors to control smugglers and violators.

He said that the port reflects the civilized destination of the city of Dubai in terms of customer service operations and their happiness in terms of raising security efficiency and achieving the principle of security and safety in the center within the vision of the Dubai government to improve the provision of all services to travelers and develop them in a manner that facilitates entry and exit procedures to and from the UAE and what the port represents in terms of tight control to maintain The security and stability of society and the preservation of its capabilities by confronting smuggling attempts, especially prohibited and harmful materials that are prohibited from being circulated and which represent a threat to public health. He appreciated the efforts made by the inspection officers and Hatta Customs employees and their spirit of institutional loyalty and security sense and their alertness to the various tricks and smuggling methods of smugglers and providing them with the latest inspection equipment The inspection is in addition to what is provided to them by the support and control units at the headquarters of the department.

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