Dubai Customs completes 936 drug seizures in 4 months
Thwart the smuggling of 2,968 boxes of coffee whitener containing amphetamine.
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Ahmed Mahboub Musabih: "The department is always striving to update and develop its systems and programs for monitoring suspicious shipments."
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Dubai Customs revealed that 936 drug seizures were made at all customs ports (land, sea, air, and passenger operations) during the first four months of this year, compared to 558 seizures for the same period last year, an increase of 378 seizures, as the department succeeded in thwarting many Attempts to smuggle narcotic substances, which included tramadol tablets, Captagon, opium, heroin, hemp seeds, crystal, marijuana, and other narcotic substances.
She explained that drug seizures included 222 seizures by the Passenger Operations Department from January to April, compared to 198 for the same period last year, 501 by the land customs centers, compared to 32, 207 by the air customs centers, compared to 325 seizures, and six by the maritime customs centers. Compared to three seizures last year.
Director General of Dubai Customs and CEO of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, said that Dubai Customs has taken community protection as a major strategic goal in its five-year plan, and has given this task a great priority in light of the increasing risks, out of commitment to its national duty and its belief in the great harm of drugs to the community. The safety and health of the community and the citizen.
He added that with Dubai's progress in the global leadership race, the emirate has become an international model in addressing drugs and their health risks and damages, and Dubai Customs actively participates in these efforts by developing the capabilities of its human resources, especially customs officers, according to the best standards in customs inspection, so that the emirate maintains its position as an international center for trade. Globalism.
He stressed the department's constant endeavor to modernize and develop its systems and programs for monitoring suspicious shipments, and to adopt an integrated series of procedures and techniques to address all smuggling attempts, in line with its 2021-2026 strategy to lead safe customs globally.
He pointed to the most prominent seizures, including thwarting an attempt to smuggle 2,968 boxes of coffee whitener containing amphetamine in Jebel Ali Port. In the land customs centers, 10 seizures were made during the first four months of this year, all of them for the narcotic crystal.
And in a qualitative seizure, the smuggling of 42 kilograms of marijuana was thwarted, coming with an African passenger through Dubai International Airport, which was hidden inside bags of dried hot peppers.
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