MOI pursues global links of gang busted by Sharjah Police

Sharjah Police successfully dismantled an international drug trafficking network operating between Canada and Spain in a complex security operation that extended from Toronto to Spanish ports and UAE shores.

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Authorities confiscated a maritime shipment containing I31 kilogrammes of narcotics and psychoactive substances and arrested seven suspects within the UAE. Among those arrested was an Arab national who used his wife and two children as a front for his smuggling activities.

The investigation started when authorities observed a suspicious Arab individual repeatedly entering the UAE with his family, Monitoring his activities and organised meetings with local contacts gradually revealed and captured the members of the network. Anti-narcotics teams executed strategic ambushes to apprehend the suspects. The main suspect admitted to playing a key role in the smuggling operation, working alongside his wife and using “geo-location drops” to conceal and distribute the drugs.

As the investigation progressed, five additional suspects of Asian nationality were apprehended.

Evidence established their participation in receiving, promoting, and distributing the narcotics within the same network.