Video: 1.8m drug pills hidden in machine parts seized in UAE bust

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The police codenamed the operation as 'death network'.

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Amira Agarib

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Published: Mon 5 Mar 2018, 4:20 PM

Last updated: Wed 14 Jun 2023, 3:02 PM

Drug pills worth Dh90 million were seized by the Abu Dhabi Police as they arrested six Arab nationals. In all, the police seized 1.8 million captagon pills hidden in machine parts used for manufacturing fresh juices.

The gang was operating in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai and it was busted in a police operation codenamed 'death network'.


Colonel Taher Ghareeb Al Dhahri, director of the general department of anti-narcotics, said the police received a tip-off that the gang was involved in smuggling captagon pills. The police then arrested them in an ambush. "No matter how drug dealers hide their poison, we will detect them," he added.


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