380kg of hashish seized, three men nabbed in sting operation in UAE

Abu Dhabi - The police teams executed the plan and arrested the three men while seizing a large quantity of hashish and narcotic pills.

Three Asian men were nabbed and 380kg of hashish as well as 400,000 pills of other narcotic substances seized from them during a sting operation carried out by the Abu Dhabi Police.

Col. Taher Gharib Al Dhaheri, director of the anti-narcotics directorate in the criminal security sector at Abu Dhabi Police, said the men were arrested after the department received classified information about the gang who possessed a large quantity of drugs and were planning to promote the narcotics in the emirate, essentially among youths.

He said a plan was chalked out to arrest all members of the gang red-handed with the drugs.

Al Dhaheri pointed out that the police teams executed the plan and arrested the three men while seizing a large quantity of hashish and narcotic pills.