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Largest seizure: 365kg of drugs found inside car spare parts in Dubai

The drugs are worth Dh280 million and 16 people arrested, say police

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Dubai: Dubai Police arrested 16 people and seized 365kg of drugs in the largest drug seizure in the UAE, an official said on Sunday.

Maj Gen Abdullah Khalifa Al Merri, commander in chief of Dubai Police, said the suspects smuggled the drugs worth Dh280 million inside car spare parts.

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