DUBAI: Dubai Customs made 3,094 seizures of goods from land, sea and air Customs points in the first nine months of this year — an average of 11 seizures per day. Seized items include narcotics, non-incendiary weapons, firearms and accessories, counterfeit and banned products, fake and prohibited medicines, obscene content and “items used in witchcraft”, according to the customs. Other interceptions include undeclared goods and attempts of customs duty evasion.
Most seizures were made from air customs centres, followed by land border entry points, ports, and post-clearance audit. “The colossal number of conducted seizures bear testimony to the advanced role Dubai Customs plays in curbing smuggling and the global illicit trade,” said Dubai Customs chief Ahmad Mahboob Musabih.
Customs officials are “strongly committed to protecting society and sustaining economic development through striking a balance between stringent border control and streamlined facilitation of movement of goods and people”, he added. The body has recently introduced cutting-edge smart scanning and inspection technologies in all customs points of entry.
