Customs officials have blocked an attempt to smuggle 3.7 kilograms of marijuana through terminal 1 of Dubai International Airport.
The drugs were disguised as auto spare parts, state news agency Wam has reported, but they were immediately discovered through the airport’s x-ray machines.
The marijuana was wrapped in paper, and were attached inside cylindrical vehicle engine air filters.
“Dubai Customs adopts an integrated series of advanced smart procedures and technologies to address all smuggling attempts, in line with its Strategic Plan 2021-2026,” a senior manager for passenger operations, Khalid Ahmed, said.
He said the Dubai authority has invested heavily in modernising its inspection systems and luggage screening equipment, “coupled with capacity building and raising the efficiency of customs inspectors to better fulfill their duty in protecting and securing borders against the smuggling of illegal substances that endanger society.”
The smuggler was handed over to relevant authorities for legal action, the Wam report said.
Dubai Customs earlier said it foiled nearly a thousand attempts to smuggle narcotics into the emirate in the first four months of the year. The most common seized drugs include coptagon pills, cystal meth, heroin, marijuana, and opium.
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