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Sharjah police arrest gang carrying 201kg of hashish
A gang of drug smugglers including three Arabs and six Asians were arrested by police last week, police said.
Sharjah: A gang of drug smugglers including three Arabs and six Asians were arrested by police last week, police said.
A Sharjah police official said that the gang members were arrested while they were attempting to smuggle 201kg of hashish at the country's ports.
Police said the criminal investigation department at Sharjah police, in cooperation with the coastguard were able to arrest the six Asian drug smugglers while they were trying to smuggle the hashish.
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Police said they received information that three powerful drug dealers in the Gulf will buy the hashish from the Asian smugglers who will bring the hashish by boat.
The drug smugglers were arrested after entering the territorial waters of the UAE near Sharjah.
The three drug dealers were arrested when they came to meet the smugglers and to receive the hashish.
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