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Bid to smuggle 2kg of heroin foiled
Dubai Customs recently foiled two attempts to smuggle 2kg of heroin, worth around Dh6 million as per black market price, concealed in two transit parcels at the Dubai Cargo Village.
According to a senior official, the contraband was extracted from a lady’s handbag and a man’s shirt in two shipments heading from an Asian country to a western country via Dubai.
Ahmed Abdullah bin Lahej, senior manager of Air Shipping Operations on Wednesday said the first seizure was extracted from a man’s shirt and tie and a lady’s handbag as part of an air parcel.
“Customs inspectors suspected the content of the parcel and subjected it to x-ray scan which showed that the handbag and shirt were stuffed with a narcotic substance.”
The K9 Unit and the Dubai Customs’ Mobile Lab were called in to examine a sample of the seizure. “Test results have confirmed inspectors’ suspicions, and 1kg of heroin was extracted from the same.” In the second seizure, customs inspectors seized heroin concealed in the same way. “An inspector suspected a handbag which later proved to be stuffed with heroin weighing nearly 1kg,” Bin Lahej said.
Early this January, Dubai Customs foiled an Asian passenger’s bid to smuggle 90 capsules of heroin, weighing 858gm and worth around Dh2.6 million, in his guts at the Dubai International Airport, Terminal-1. In May, October, November and December last year, Dubai Customs foiled four separate attempts to smuggle around 9kg of heroin worth about Dh27 million at the Dubai International Airport and Dubai Cargo Village. The contraband was mostly stuffed in capsules and concealed in the guts of several passengers.
Ali Al Mugahwi, Director of Airport Operations at Dubai Customs, told Khaleej Times that 1gm of heroin may cost up to Dh3,000, and is mostly abused — injected, snorted/sniffed, or smoked. “Heroin abuse is associated with serious health conditions, spanning fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, and infectious diseases, like AIDS and hepatitis.”
“Chronic users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, liver or kidney disease and pulmonary complications,” he added.
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