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Dubai Police arrest two expatriates for possessing heroin
Police arrested two African men for possessing and peddling heroin.
- Staff Report
- Published: 16:02 June 19, 2008
Dubai: Police arrested two African men for possessing and peddling heroin.
Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) received a tip-off that a suspect, identified as A.B., possessed heroin.
An undercover police officer offered to buy the heroin for Dh7,000 for every one kilogram. The suspect also showed the officer a sample.
Police kept the suspect under surveillance and set up a trap to arrest him.
On the day of the narcotics delivery, the two suspects arrived at the location with a bag.
During the delivery, the police arrested them and seized 31 plastic bags with heroin, weighing 4.7 kilograms and worth around half a million dirhams.
The two suspects were referred to the Pubic Prosecution.
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