A4 paper laced with drugs used to target youth

Users cut this paper into smaller pieces and roll them into cigarette-like forms

- BY ABDULLA RASHEED Abu Dhabi Editor

The Ministry of Interior has warned of a new and highly deceptive method of drug trafficking being used by criminal syndicates to target youth and adolescents.

For the first time, drug traffickers are promoting dangerous synthetic substances by saturating standard A4 printing paper with narcotics. Users cut this paper into smaller pieces, roll them into cigarette-like forms, and smoke similar to how cannabis is consumed.

The ministry's Anti-Narcotics Directorate highlighted the emergence of this tactic, noting that some of the trafficking is being orchestrated through social media platforms by networks operating outside the country.