Emirati authorities foil drug-smuggling attempt, dismantle 20-person international network

ABU DHABI: Authorities in the UAE said they foiled an attempt to smuggle 200,000 captagon pills and more than 30 kilograms of other narcotics into the country, in an operation that dismantled an international trafficking network involving 20 people.

Participating agencies included the National Drug Enforcement Authority, police forces in Ras Al-Khaimah, Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, and Iraq’s General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs, along with judicial coordination from the UAE Public Prosecution, the Emirates News Agency reported.

In addition to the captagon pills, the seized drugs reportedly included cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, marijuana, hashish and synthetic cannabinoids, also known as Spice.