DUBAI: Dubai Customs inspectors at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 have prevented smugglers bringing 9.2 kilograms of pure heroin into the country. The contraband was found concealed in the lining of a passenger’s bag.
“It all started when DC’s inspection team at the terminal received a tip-off that a suspected bag arriving on an African flight was lying unclaimed at the airport,” said Ahmed Abdullah bin Lahej, director of passenger operations at Dubai Customs.
Dubai Customs’ inspectors and rangers inspected the bag at its location and x-ray screening of the luggage revealed the presence of an abnormal density at the bottom of the bag.
After carrying out an on-the-spot laboratory test on a sample of the material contained in the bag using Al Kashif’s mobile laboratory facility, the substance was found to be heroin.
The man to whom the bag belonged had been arrested a month ago in the Transit Hall by Dubai Police on earlier charges while attempting to board a flight to Africa, according to a statement by police. The suspect was brought and the bag was opened in his presence and 9.2 kgs of heroin was extracted.
“The smuggling attempts of ill-fated smugglers will never cease, but they can’t bypass the protective shield of Dubai Customs officers who are always vigilant and fully equipped with state-of-the-art technologies to deter any attempt to jeopardise the security of our society,” said Ahmed bin Lahej.
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