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DUBAI (ALETIHAD)
Dubai Police has arrested two Asian individuals for distributing drugs from a residential villa in the emirate.
The suspects, who were operating based on instructions from a leader based outside the UAE, were apprehended as part of Dubai Police's 'Operation Villa', the police said in a statement on Sunday.
Brigadier Khalid bin Muwaiza, Director of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics, said the operation reflects Dubai Police’s relentless efforts to track, intercept, and dismantle the plans of drug dealers, promoters, and smugglers attempting to spread narcotics and toxic susbtances among young people.
The operation was launched after sources confirmed that a criminal group was promoting drugs from inside a villa. A dedicated task force immediately began extensive investigations, combining surveillance and field monitoring to follow the suspects’ movements and their methods of evading the police.
The first breakthrough came when one member of the gang was lured into a trap and arrested. He later confessed, revealing his partner’s role in the scheme.
A second sting was then set up, resulting in the arrest of the accomplice red-handed while packaging narcotics. Interrogations revealed that both suspects were operating under instructions from a gang leader based outside the country, with the aim of distributing and sellling the drugs in the UAE.
The raid uncovered 40 kilograms of narcotics, including ketamine, crystal meth, marijuana, hashish oil, and various other substances and liquids.
Brig. bin Muwaiza highlighted that this success demonstrates Dubai Police’s advanced crime-fighting system, which integrates artificial intelligence technologies with skilled and highly qualified officers. He stressed that Dubai Police will continue to strike hard against anyone attempting to undermine community safety, cutting off criminal networks even when their masterminds operate from abroad.
He also called on the public to support the fight against drugs by reporting any suspicious activities, behaviours, or messages through the call centre on 901, or via the “Police Eye” service on the Dubai Police Smart App.
