UAE foils attempt to smuggle cocaine capsules worth Dhs5m

The General Directorate of Ports at the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security thwarted on Friday an attempt to smuggle narcotic substances at Zayed International Airport.

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Authorities seized 89 capsules of cocaine weighing approximately 1,198 grams, with an estimated market value of around Dhs 5 million, hidden inside the intestines of a traveller.

The seizure was made after customs inspection officers at Zayed International Airport grew suspicious of a traveller arriving from a South American country. He was subjected to advanced screening equipment, which revealed indications of foreign objects inside his body. He was then referred to the competent authorities, who extracted the 89 capsules from his intestines.