Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle 5m Captagon pillsJebel Ali and Tecom Customs Center officials said they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle large number of Captagon pills into the emirate from a neighbouring country during the last week of December. Thanks to More… |
Smugglers made $5-6bn off migrants to Europe - InterpolPeople smugglers made over $5 billion from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year, a report by international crime-fighting agencies Interpol and Europol said on Tuesday. Nine out of 10 migrants and refugees entering More… |
UAE police foils bid to smuggle cocaineThe UAE anti-narcotics department has foiled an attempt by an African national to smuggle cocaine into the country. The African woman, a transit passenger, was arrested after being found in possession of 13 kg of the drug which sh More… |
Bid to smuggle marijuana foiled in BahrainCustoms officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 890.5 grams of marijuana through Bahrain International Airport. Two foreigners, who arrived on the same flight, tried to go through the Green Channel, said a report in the Gul More… |
Drugs smuggling attempt foiled in BahrainCustoms officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,559.6 grams of heroin through Bahrain International Airport. They stopped a foreigner on suspicion as he was proceeding through the Green Channel, said a report in the Gulf Dail More… |
Asians held over drug smuggling in BahrainA number of Asians suspected of possessing and smuggling narcotics have been arrested in Bahrain, in four separate cases. Two kilos of heroin and marijuana were seized, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sist More… |
Sale of smuggled artefacts from conflict zones alert in GulfSmuggled antiquities from conflict zones are finding their way to Gulf countries, including Bahrain, warned a top official. The sale of stolen artefacts from Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya has been generating revenues for terror gro More… |
Saudi man accused of smuggling $190,000 drugsA man who allegedly tried to smuggle drugs with a street value of $190,000 into Bahrain inside date biscuits has been remanded in custody for another 15 days. The 25-year-old Saudi banker and his Saudi girlfriend, 24, were arreste More… |
70 drug smuggling attempts foiled at Bahrain airportSeventy attempts to smuggle drugs through Bahrain International Airport were foiled last year. Police also confiscated four drug consignments at the premises of a major cargo company, Bahrain International Airport Customs director Nasse More… |
Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle heroinDubai Customs’ officers at Dubai International Terminal 3 recently foiled an attempt by an Asian passenger to smuggle into UAE 24 kg of heroin concealed in secret pockets at the bottom of his baggage suitcases. The smuggler works More… |