The operation uncovered an illegal cache of excise goods hidden within shipments of clothing and footwear, violating UAE tax regulations
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Saudi baklava drug bust: Customs seize over 2.2mn captagon pills in Jeddah shipment
ZATCA has coordinated with the General Directorate of Narcotics Control to arrest the two individuals who were supposed to receive the shipment
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Saudi authorities foil MASSIVE drug smuggling operation, 63 tons of khat and 1.8 tons of hashish seized
Saudi border guards seize giant drug stash and detain smugglers
Cunning smuggling tactics
Dubai drug bust: Airport officials seize 7.6kg of narcotics plant hidden in cereal box
The drugs were concealed within bags of a popular breakfast cereal brand
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Saudi authorities seize 106kg of drugs at ports, smuggling suspects arrested
Saudi stops smugglers sending methamphetamine stash into country
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Saudi Arabia seizes over 5.2mn amphetamine pills in major drug bust
The 5,280,000 pills of amphetamine were discovered hidden within a shipment of building supplies passing through Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Gang smuggled $130m into Dubai hidden inside suitcases on business class flights
Dubai smugglers convicted after bringing $130m in cash into UAE
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Drugs in Saudi Arabia: Authorities find 13m amphetamine pills hidden in pomegranate shipment
Saudi Arabia Narcotics Control agents discover drugs in fruit shipment
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Saudi Arabia foils major drug-smuggling operation, 35 tons of narcotics seized and 257 arrests made
Saudi Arabia police swoop to stop smugglers taking hashish and khat into the country
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Saudi Arabia busts ‘drug smuggler’ with 4.7m amphetamine pills stuffed in sanitary ware
Saudi Arabia authorities find 4.7m amphetamine pills inside sanitary ware
Air India
Air India cabin crew arrested for smuggling 1.5kg of gold
Customs at Kochi received confidential information that the Air India cabin crew planned to smuggle the gold wrapped around his arms
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UAE drug bust: Over 100kg hashish seized in fishing boat raid
Further details about the suspects or when the drug bust took place have not been disclosed
Abu Dhabi
UAE drug bust: Abu Dhabi Police seize over 100kg of crystal meth, hashish
The report said that even though UAE’s growth is expected to slow in 2023, the non-oil sector will remain “resilient, holding up against high inflation and interest rates”
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Dubai Customs seize over 400g of marijuana hidden in pineapples
The passenger had hidden the rolls in small plastic bags, which were then placed inside the pineapples
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Dubai smugglers: Family of three seized in Mumbai with $500,000 in cash from UAE
The Air Intelligence Unit of Airport Customs (AIU) received a tip and intercepted a family of three at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai who landed from a FlyDubai flight from Dubai.
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Sharjah Police seize 216 kilograms of drugs, ‘Precious Hunt’ a success
The officers, who were reported to have received a tip-off, set up a task force with the help of the Abu Dhabi police and the Umm Al Quwain police