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A six-member gang has been arrested and 13 tonnes of Captagon tablets, price AED 3 billion, seized in a significant operation by the Dubai Police.
Posting a video of Operation Storm on social media channel X, Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, praised the efforts of the UAE drive in thwarting the drug smuggling bid.
It captured groups from the Dubai Police raiding delivery containers, following a tip-off, and discovering the medicine hid inside 651 doorways and 432 ornamental panels.
The officers have been later seen monitoring the containers to zero in on the suspects and arrested six suspects in a UAE-wide search.
They then dismantled the doorways and panels to recuperate 80 million narcotic tablets.
•إحباط تهريب أكثر من 13 طناً من أقراص الكبتاجون المخدرة موزعة في 5 حاويات.
•قيمتها السوقية تجاوزت الـ 3 مليارات درهم.
•العصابة الإجرامية حاولت تهريب المواد المخدرة عبر دسها في 651 باب و 432 لوح ديكور.
•ألقي القبض على أفراد العصابة الإجرامية الستة متلبسين.أشكر الأخ الفريق… pic.twitter.com/8gXD1CD6iE
— سيف بن زايد آل نهيان (@SaifBZayed) September 14, 2023
