Drugs worth AED 1 billion seized in Abu Dhabi in last quarter of 2020

Friday, 15 January 2021 15:27

Abu Dhabi Police have released the scale of drug seizures and related arrests in the emirate in the last quarter of 2020.

According to figures released on Friday, officers seized 1.41 tonnes of narcotic substances, including dissolved crystal liquid, whose market value is close to one billion dirhams.

Meanwhile, 22 defendants of different nationalities belonging to international drug trafficking gangs were arrested while 8 suspects were prosecuted for being involved in money laundering operations resulting from illicit drug trafficking.

شرطة أبوظبي تُطيح بعصابات دولية وتضبط مخدرات بـ"مليار" درهم بالربع الأخير من 2020 ضبطت شرطة أبوظبي طناً و 41 كيلو جرام من المواد المخدرة من بينها سائل الكريستال المذاب تقارب قيمتها السوقية المليار درهم وأطاحت ب22 متهما من جنسيات مختلفة ضمن عصابات دولية للاتجار بالمواد المخدرة، وكشفت عن 8 متهمين في عمليات غسل الأموال الناتجة عن الاتجار غير المشروع بالمخدرات . وأكدت شرطة أبوظبي أن مجتمع الإمارات خط أحمر ورجال مكافحة المخدرات سيقفون دائماً بالمرصاد لكل من تسول له نفسه المساس بأمن المجتمع وشباب الوطن من وباء هذه الآفة. وأوضح العقيد طاهر غريب الظاهري مدير مديرية مكافحة المخدرات بشرطة ابوظبي أنه وفق الخطط الامنية المحدثة بمديرية مكافحة المخدرات تم الحصول على معلومات بوجود عدة تشكيلات عصابية تدار من خارج الدولة وتمارس نشاطها بعدة امارات وكل عصابة تختص بدور محدد في تهريب وترويج المواد المخدرة. وذكر أن الضبطيات تمت جميعها في الربع الأخير من العام2020 ضمن سلسلة قضايا تابعتها المديرية حيث تم وفقا للمعلومات التي حصلت عليها شرطة أبوظبي اعداد خطط أمنية للإطاحة بالشبكة وضبط جميع كميات المواد المخدرة بحوزتهم وتبين وجود شركاء رئيسين لهم متواجدين داخل الدولة وتصدر لهم التعليمات من الخارج . وأشار إلى أن الاساليب الحديثة الممنهجة اسفرت عن تطور كبير بأداء عمل جهاز مكافحة المخدرات أسهم في نجاح باهر لرصد المتهمين على مدار الساعة وضبطهم متلبسين في مناطق متفرقة بإمارات الدولة . وأضاف: أن العصابة استخدمت أسلوباً جديداً في التهريب لإدخال المخدرات الى الدولة حيث استعانت بالكريستال المذاب " واستخدامه للتهريب وكانت العصابة تعتقد بان كونه اشبه بالسائل المائي يمكن تهريبه بسهولة ولكن عيون رجال المكافحة وبفضل التدريبات العالية التي تلقوها تمكنوا من كشف حيلهم واساليبهم المختلفة مؤكدين الجاهزية التامة للتصدي لمن تسول له نفسه استهداف شباب الوطن ولفت الى أنه تبين من خلال التحريات أثناء المتابعة والمراقبة وجود عناصر من ضمن الشبكة تقوم بإدارة الأموال المتحصلة من بيع المخدرات وغسلها بأساليب غير شرعية وتم تحويلهم الى الجهات المختصة بغسل الاموال . #في_أبوظبي ‏#InAbuDhabi #أبوظبي_أمن_وسلامة ‏#Abudhabi_safe_and_secure #الإمارات #أبوظبي #شرطة_أبوظبي #أخبار_شرطة_أبوظبي #الإعلام_الأمني ‏#UAE #AbuDhabi #ADPolice #ADPolice_news ‏#security_media
Posted by Abu Dhabi Police on Friday, January 15, 2021

All the seizures were made in the last quarter of the year 2020 as part of a series of cases followed by police, where the gangs used a new method of smuggling to bring drugs into the country.

They dissolved crystal meth in liquid form thinking that that it could be smuggled easily but the anti narcotics force was able to uncover the methods.

All the suspects were handed over to judicial authorities to take legal action.

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