Dubai police say $136 million worth of cocaine seized

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The UAE authorities seized half a tonne of cocaine worth more than $136 million, Dubai police said, in one of the biggest drug busts in the Gulf country.

Police said they foiled the smuggling attempt after receiving a tip about a cargo container carrying the contraband through a sea port.

In the operation dubbed “Scorpion”, a suspect of Middle Eastern origin was arrested. Police described the man as an intermediary for an international drug syndicate. “Once the shipment arrived, the suspect transported the illegal drugs to another emirate and stored them in a warehouse with the aim of selling and promoting the harmful toxins,” said Eid Mohammed Thani Hareb, director of the Anti-Narcotics Department, according to the statement.Drug smugglers face possible death sentences in the UAE but in practice, executions are rare.

 

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