Possession of cannabis is illegal and punishable by the laws of Egypt
illegal drugs
drug smuggling
Saudi Arabia drug bust: Over 3 million narcotic pills seized in Riyadh smuggling operation
Three citizens were arrested with amphetamine pills hidden in a lorry
drug smuggling
Dubai drug bust: Customs seize 37kg of marijuana at DXB
Officials manually searched the bags in the presence of the passenger, showing black plastic bags containing food and marijuana
Abu Dhabi
UAE drug bust: Abu Dhabi Police seize over 100kg of crystal meth, hashish
The report said that even though UAE’s growth is expected to slow in 2023, the non-oil sector will remain “resilient, holding up against high inflation and interest rates”
Cairo International Airport
Egyptian actress Menna Shalabi walks free despite Egypt’s tough drug trafficking laws: Report
The personality was reportedly arrested at Cairo International Airport and has now walked free despite alleged possession of drugs
drugs
Drugs arrests in UAE: Cocaine ‘super-cartel’ busted, 6 high value targets captured in Dubai
Europol makes 49 arrests after more than 30 tonnes of drugs were seized. six busted in UAE
drug smuggling
Dubai Customs seize over 400g of marijuana hidden in pineapples
The passenger had hidden the rolls in small plastic bags, which were then placed inside the pineapples
Drug dealing
Dubai police arrest notorious drug dealer in stunning 10-day operation
The accused was found in possession of 200 kilograms of drugs and two vehicles he used to distribute the drugs and store them
drug smuggling
Sharjah Police seize 216 kilograms of drugs, ‘Precious Hunt’ a success
The officers, who were reported to have received a tip-off, set up a task force with the help of the Abu Dhabi police and the Umm Al Quwain police
Captagon pills
Saudi officials stop Captagon smuggling plots
The illegal pills were found inside two separate vehicles
Arab youth
War on drugs: Dubai Police seize 648kg in illegal substances
Police offices also coordinated with 82 countries around the world
Captagon pills
Dubai Customs seizes 274,000 captagon pills
Drugs were hidden in plastic bags in the fuel tank of a dhow
Captagon pills
Lebanon arrests suspect behind Gulf captagon smuggling
Police say suspect confessed to 12 smuggling operations to Egypt, Qatar, Yemen, the UAE, Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Dubai
Dubai Police seize $76m drugs in UAE’s largest ever haul
Two international drug smuggling gangs have been captured in the largest anti-narcotics operation in the UAE’s history
Ahmed Mahboob Musabih
Dubai sniffer dogs help seize over 5.7m Captagon pills
Pills hidden in a foodstuff container arriving into Dubai from an unnamed Arab country at the Jebel Ali and Tecom Customs Centre
Arab world
Opinion: Action needed to tackle rising drug use among Arab youth
Stricter laws are not enough to overcome this challenge – there is an urgent need to look at this problem from a social, economic and even political angle, writes Osama Al-Sharif
Arab world
Illegal drugs are easy to find, stricter laws needed to curb rising usage – Arab Youth Survey
Arab youth say peer pressure is the main cause of the rising use of illegal substances