Ras Al Khaimah: Man on visit visa arrested on drug charges

Ras Al Khaimah: Police have arrested a man accused of planning to sell thousands of Tramadol tablets in the emirate, Colonel Ebrahim Ali Kaptin, Director-General of Ras Al Khaimah Police’s Anti-narcotics Department, said.

The suspect was arrested after the anti-narcotics department received a tip-off about a man on a visit visa who had a huge amount of illegal drugs in his possession.

He was arrested in a trap whereby a police office posed as a drug trader and said he wanted to buy some drugs, Colonel Kaptin said.

Police recovered 10,000 Tramadol pills.

The suspect has been referred to the Public Prosecution.

Colonel Kaptin said cooperation between the various police departments in the UAE played a significant role in maintaining security and helped arrest those posing a risk to society.

“We have aborted many plans of drug dealers to promote drugs in the UAE and many drug dealers who target young boys were arrested,” the official said, adding that anti-narcotics departments in the UAE are “working hard to ensure the safety of society and arrest drug dealers before they are able to affect the younger generation”.