Joint efforts between the Prison Safety Sector and the Common Administration of Customs led to the arrest of 12 individuals who have been charged with makes an attempt to smuggle cigarettes by means of the Nuwaiseeb border crossing.
In line with the Common Administration of Customs, officers foiled two separate smuggling makes an attempt involving 118 cartons of cigarettes hidden inside gas tanks and again seats of the automobiles.
These concerned included three Ministry of Inside personnel (an officer and two policemen), a instructor, and two Saudi nationals.
Investigations revealed {that a} group of people had been getting ready automobiles for smuggling operations. 4 individuals — a Syrian and three Asians — had been taken into custody from Fahaheel – caught red-handed making an attempt to switch automobiles inside a storage.
Two others, a Syrian and an Asian, had been apprehended whereas driving a ‘cellular storage’ to organize automobiles for smuggling, in collaboration with one other Syrian who stays at massive.
The authorities confirmed that every one mandatory customs and authorized procedures have been accomplished and the automobiles and cigarettes have been seized. The suspects have been referred to the Nuwaiseeb Port Investigations Division for additional authorized motion.
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