UAE busts international drug ring, arrests 20 in major operation

Gulf News · Huda Ata · 2026-11-06 09:43 UTC

UAE authorities dismantle international drug ring, seizing 200,000 Captagon pills and 30kg of narcotics in a major operation involving 20 arrests.

Police seize 200,000 Captagon pills and more than 30kg of narcotics

Abu Dhabi: The National Drug Enforcement Authority (NDEA), in cooperation with Ras Al Khaimah Police General Headquarters and the General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances at Iraq's Ministry of Interior, and in judicial coordination with the Federal Public Prosecution, has foiled an attempt to smuggle 200,000 Captagon pills and more than 30 kilograms of narcotics into the UAE.

The operation led to the arrest of an international criminal network comprising 20 suspects of Gulf, Arab, African and Asian nationalities.

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