Police chase leads to arrest of drug trio

Police chase leads to arrest of drug trio Amira Agarib / 22 July 2013 Three suspects who attempted to ram a police vehicle with their car during a high speed pursuit have been arrested by the joint anti-narcotics teams of the Ministry of Interior and were found in possession of a number of banned drugs. Director of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics of the Dubai Police and Vice-President of the Anti-Narcotics Higher Committee Major General Abdul Jalil Mahdi praised the professional operation carried out by the officers involved, noting that the drugs have been seized from the suspects.   He said that the joint anti-drugs police teams from Ras Al Khaimah and the Dubai Police anti-drugs central information department as well as the General Department of Anti-Narcotics at the Ministry of Interior have arrested the three Arab suspects, 22-year-old M.S., 37-year-old M.F. both sales executives and 19-year-old student A.A.A. The police seized 10,000 banned pills from the trio, which require a medical prescription, in addition to a small quantity of opium. Maj-Gen Mahdi praised the teams for their courage to arrest the suspects after they received information that the suspects, known for smuggling and promoting drugs in the UAE, were to receive quantities of drugs in Ras Al Khaimah. Police teams moved to different parts of the emirate to survey the area and managed to locate the suspects in the Ras Khet area. The police spotted one of the suspects carrying a plastic bag and entering a waiting car in an area surrounded by trees. The suspect then realised they were being watched which is when the car sped off. Failing to shake the police from their tail, the first suspect, who was driving the vehicle, made several attempts to ram the police vehicle, but officers managed to force the car to stop. The driver then attempted to flee the scene on foot but officers from the RAK police chased him down and placed him under arrest, along with the other two suspects who gave themselves up at the scene. Upon searching the suspects’ car, the police seized the banned drugs and the three men confessed to smuggling and promoting drugs. They said they received the drug quantities in the Ras Khet area. Colonel Ibrahim Ali Hassan from the Ras Al Khaimah anti-drugs unit praised this important operation. He called on the public to call the police to report any drug-related crimes on the toll free number  800400400 or to the duty officer on 050 5516218.   Drug dealers caught 
 following explosion In another case, three drug traffickers have been arrested after their attempts to smuggle crystal meth hidden in four gas cylinders led to an explosion in a flat in Fareej Al Murrar. The Anti-Narcotics unit of the Dubai Police arrested the trio in late June. Director of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics of the Dubai Police Major General Abdul Jalil Mahdi said that when the cylinders exploded, police officials and Civil Defence teams rushed to the site. The explosion occurred when one of the suspects tried to use an electrical cutter on one of the cylinders to extract the drug, without ensuring that the remaining three cylinders were out of the way. The explosion led to the material losses of the building and the suspect who tried to extract the drugs sustained several injuries, but escaped the scene before police officials arrived. Maj-Gen Mahdi said that the criminals hid the drugs in a very professional way, which could not be detected and they seized 32.4kg of crystal meth, which was not destroyed by the fire.   Within one hour of reaching the scene, the police managed to arrest the first suspect, 44-year-old suspect S.A., an investor who lives in the Hor Al Anz area in Dubai. Upon questioning, he confessed that he shifted the drugs from Sharjah and that he called the second suspect to extract the drug from the cylinder. Based on the information, the police rushed to Sharjah and raided the flat of the third suspect, H.A., a married private company employee. He confessed that he was a partner in the operation and the police then arrested the second suspect, 38-year-old S.R., who caused the explosion. He confirmed that he was contacted to extract the drugs from the cylinder and upon his arrest, the police rushed him to Rashid Hospital to receive medical treatment for the injuries he sustained. news@khaleejtimes.com Taylor Scott International