Dubai Police found it hidden in various locations and its value exceeds 176 million dirhams

1.3 tons of narcotics were seized in Dubai, in preparation for distribution via "Social Media"

• Some members of the neurotic formation in front of them side of the seizures.

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The General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai has seized buried and hidden sites of drugs and psychotropic substances, weighing 1,342 kilograms, and its market value exceeded 176 million dirhams, in a new qualitative operation, which it called "Sites".

The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant-General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, said that the search and investigation teams succeeded in overthrowing a criminal network consisting of 91 promoters, who were cooperating with a criminal gang outside the country, selling and promoting “toxins” at home, through social media applications (Social Media). .

He praised the great capabilities of the research and investigation men in the General Administration for Drug Control, and the sincere national efforts made by the field work teams, in order to protect the homeland and society, confront gangs and thwart their criminal activities, and reveal their malicious plans with skill and aptitude.

Al-Marri added that in the context of the successive and accelerating technological developments, the promotion of drugs and psychotropic substances through social media applications has become a great danger to all societies, which calls for the caution of members of society, and not to interact with unknown messages that they may receive from strangers outside the country, and to report them from Through the eCrime platform of the Dubai Police.

He called on parents to contain their children, follow them, approach them and motivate them, and educate them about the importance of not communicating with strangers or adding them through social media applications, and not babysitting with bad friends, especially since a conscious cohesive family contributes to enhancing the security of the homeland and the stability of society.

Regarding the details of the operation, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, said that reliable information from the source was received by the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, indicating the existence of an international gang that promotes drugs and psychotropic substances within the country through social networking sites.

He added that immediately several professional technical field work teams were formed to search and investigate, and it was found that the promoters bury and hide narcotics and psychotropic substances in certain places, then send special geographical locations with great accuracy to the merchants located outside the country, to remove suspicions from them, to take charge of these The merchants then have the process of communicating with those wishing to purchase “poisons” within the country, and send their geographical locations after the payment is made.

Al-Mansoori confirmed that the monitoring and follow-up operations resulted in the identification of the promoters and the inference of a large group of gang formation, and they were also observed burying and hiding drugs in separate places within the country. Our men carried out the raids with high professionalism, and all buried and hidden drug sites were discovered.”

For his part, the Acting Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control, Colonel Khalid bin Mowaiza, said that 91 traffickers were seized, while the total weight of the seized drugs amounted to one ton and 342 kilograms of narcotics and psychotropic substances, with a market value of 176 million and 396 thousand dirhams.

He added that the drugs varied as 809,534 kilograms of cannabis, 485 kilograms and 491 grams of crystal, 41 kilograms and 888 grams of heroin, 117,480 narcotic pills, five kilograms and 241 grams of marijuana, 154 grams of cocaine, and 15 grams of opium.

• The “Sites” operation removed 91 promoters who used innovative tricks to hide their activity.

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