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Dubai Customs seize illicit drugs worth over $54 million

Dubai Customs seize narcotics worth over $54m

DUBAI, September 25, 2014

In one of the UAE’s largest seizures of its kind over the past five years, Dubai Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle a large haul of cocaine, weighing 171.2 kg, with a street value estimated at more than Dh200 million ($54.4 million).

The seized narcotics were found in a shipment of fresh bananas totalling to 45 tonnes.

The consignment which arrived at the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, originated from a Latin American country and came via Europe. The illicit drugs were concealed in boxes of fresh bananas.

Ahmed Al Kharusi, director of customs intelligence department at DC, said that the successful operation fall within Dubai Customs strategy to combat illicit trafficking and preserve the security and safety of the community, especially young people who need protection against the harmful toxin.

Al Kharusi revealed that smugglers have resorted to a number of tactics to pass through customs inspection undetected, such as using grocery items, adding extra lead on the container, painting narcotic bags with an organic substance to fool customs dogs, changing the shipping route to a European port then to Jebel Ali Port, instead of taking a direct route to Jebel Ali Port.   – TradeArabia News Service




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