Suspected drugs seized at Bahrain airportA foreign passenger has been arrested with a substance suspected to be marijuana, weighing 2.0597kg, the director of Bahrain’s Airports Customs announced. Customs officers at Bahrain International Airport found the substance 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… |
Abu Dhabi police seize 18kg of marijuanaAbu Dhabi Police recently arrested a Gulf dealer in possession of 18.5 kg of marijuana he allegedly planned to sell to young people during the Al Fitr holidays. Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Borshid, head of the Criminal Investigatio More… |
Marijuana plant grower jailed in BahrainA businessman has been jailed and fined for growing marijuana at his home in Bahrain. The 24-year-old Bahraini was sentenced to 12 months behind bars and fined BD1,000 (2,624) by the High Criminal Court yesterd More… |
Egypt seizes largest marijuana haul in SinaiEgyptian police have seized a 15 tonne truckload of marijuana, the biggest drug haul in the country's history, which was being smuggled west out of the Sinai Peninsula toward the Nile Valley. The truck carrying the drug, known More… |
Global war on drugs a failure, says top panelA high-level international commission on Thursday declared the global "war on drugs" a failure and urged nations to consider steps such as legalizing marijuana to help undermine the power of organized crime. The Global Commission on Drug P More… |