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Cairo: Omani anti-narcotics police have foiled an attempt to smuggle a total of 62 kilograms of drugs, a media report said today.
The country’s Directorate General of Combatting Drugs and Psychotropic Substances seized 20 kilograms of morphine and 42 other kilos of the Crystal drug on a beach of the State of Qurayyat, online newspaper Shabiba said.
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According to the Omani law, drugs offences are punishable by up to death and a maximum fine of OMR 50,000.
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