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Watch: Dubai Police arrest 6 for bid to smuggle 436kg drugs in 'plastic food'

Code-named ‘Operation Legumes’, the mission required the deployment of a K9 unit to sniff out the narcotics

Published: Wed 26 Oct 2022, 3:34 PM

Updated: Wed 26 Oct 2022, 7:28 PM

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The Dubai Police have busted an international drug trafficking network with the arrest of six suspects in under seven hours of receiving a tip-off.

An informer told the police that the suspects would attempt to smuggle drugs in 280 packaging bags (5.6 tonnes) filled with a mixture of natural and plastic broad beans. The police trailed the suspects, raided their den and seized 436kg of drugs.


Code-named ‘Operation Legumes’, the mission required the deployment of a K9 unit to sniff out the narcotics stuffed in plastic food.

Some members of the gang resided in Dubai, while others are based abroad. According to the tip-off, the drugs would be hidden in a legumes shipment and stored in a warehouse. The police located the warehouse and raided it. Officers recovered the shipment that was to be sent to a “nearby country”.

An officer said the exchange of information and expertise with other polices agencies has “contributed significantly” in thwarting drug smuggling bids.

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