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Special operation

  • 16 Sep 2023
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on the spot when they try to violate the UAE laws (“UAE seizes 13 tonnes of Captagon pills worth Dhs3.8 billion,” Sept.14, Gulf Today website).
According to the report, Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, was briefed on the details of Dubai Police’s special operation called ‘Storm,’ as a result of which one of the largest Captagon smuggling operations by an international criminal gang was detected.

I would like to appreciate the laudable special operation against the criminal people by the Dubai Police, seizing 13 tonnes of Captagon pills worth Dhs3.8 billion and arresting smugglers.

Javed Salman, By email

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