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New department set up by Dubai Police to combat narcotics

Under the directions of Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, issued an order to set up a new department titled the General Department of Combating Narcotics, which will be separate from Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

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  • Published: 15:17 December 24, 2008
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Dubai: Under the directions of Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, issued an order to set up a new department titled the General Department of Combating Narcotics, which will be separate from Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Before the order, there was an anti-narcotics section under the General Department of Criminal Investigation (CID).

The department will support narcotics combating operations, collect evidence, arrest major drug dealers and crack down on drug gangs. The department will also cooperate with international security bodies and exchange information and expertise in addition to intensifying drug awareness campaigns.

Lieutenant General Dahi issued another order to appoint Brigadier Abdul Jalil Mahdi Mohammad the director of the department.

Another department has also been established as part of Dubai Police's structure under the name the General Department of Proactive Crime Control, which will be under the umbrella of Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Colonel Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri has also been promoted from the deputy director to the director of the CID Department.

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