Man arrested for storing 48 tonnes of narcotics substances in a warehouse in Abu Dhabi

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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The Federal Public Prosecution initiated the investigation into a case in which an Asian charged with possessing an amount of narcotics and psychotropic substances on purpose of peddling.

The security teams at the Anti-Narcotic Department at the Abu Dhabi Police were able, through continuous and intensive follow-up to monitor and control criminal gangs that peddle narcotics and psychotropic substances, to arrest the accused, who had prepared and equipped a warehouse for storing narcotics and psychotropic substances.

According to the Prosecution, the accused smuggled an amount of narcotics and psychotropic substances weighing 48 tons and 693 kilograms into the country through hiding them sophistically in a shipment to mislead the authorities. The narcotics was prepared for trafficking and promotion within the country, the Prosecution added.

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The “Mersad” unit of the Special Patrols at the Criminal Security of the Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with local partners in the emirate represented by the Municipality, department of Transport and (Tadweer), seized the above-mentioned items and arrested the persons in charge of the plant.

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The defendants used to peddle narcotics and psychotropic substances for some drug dealers outside the UAE in exchange for sums of money.

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