Dubai Police seize 23kg of heroin
In a major breakthrough the General Criminal Investigation Department of Dubai Police has seized 23kg of heroin smuggled into Dubai recently.
The Dubai police, who cracked the case, were acting on a tip-off that an Asian national R.H. had entered Dubai with 23kg of heroin, for delivery to a local trader, an African national identified as D.A.
The CID sleuths initially tracked the movements of the two suspects for several days. On May 17, the police followed R.H. while he was heading towards the congested Naif Area in Deira, carrying a plastic bag. The Asian national was subsequently arrested while delivering to D.A. the plastic bag, which on inspection was found to contain one and a half kilogram of heroin. After securing permission from the Dubai Public Prosecution, the police also raided the Asian national’s house and recovered another 21.5kg of heroin. During interrogation, R.H. told the police he had twice earlier succeeded in bringing in heroin capsules into UAE by concealing them into bundles of radish.
He also confessed that he had shipped 6kg of heroin to the UK by concealing it in horseradish in a shipment of ordinary vegetables.
The Dubai Police immediately alerted UK customs officials and when the consignment reached Heathrow airport, the UK authorities with the help of Dubai police arrested an Asian and an African national who had arrived to clear the shipment.
The British security agencies have highly commended the close cooperation of Dubai Police in their anti-narcotics crime busting operations. Source
The Dubai police, who cracked the case, were acting on a tip-off that an Asian national R.H. had entered Dubai with 23kg of heroin, for delivery to a local trader, an African national identified as D.A.
The CID sleuths initially tracked the movements of the two suspects for several days. On May 17, the police followed R.H. while he was heading towards the congested Naif Area in Deira, carrying a plastic bag. The Asian national was subsequently arrested while delivering to D.A. the plastic bag, which on inspection was found to contain one and a half kilogram of heroin. After securing permission from the Dubai Public Prosecution, the police also raided the Asian national’s house and recovered another 21.5kg of heroin. During interrogation, R.H. told the police he had twice earlier succeeded in bringing in heroin capsules into UAE by concealing them into bundles of radish.
He also confessed that he had shipped 6kg of heroin to the UK by concealing it in horseradish in a shipment of ordinary vegetables.
The Dubai Police immediately alerted UK customs officials and when the consignment reached Heathrow airport, the UK authorities with the help of Dubai police arrested an Asian and an African national who had arrived to clear the shipment.
The British security agencies have highly commended the close cooperation of Dubai Police in their anti-narcotics crime busting operations. Source
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