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Omani, Saudi authorities bust International drug trafficking network

Acting in cooperation with Saudi authorities, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) tracked and ambushed an international network that was smuggling large quantities of drugs and psychotropic substances by placing them into shipments crossing land and sea border checkpoints.

According to Oman News Agency (ONA), as many as 6 million Captagon pills were seized during the operation. The contrabands had been stored in various hideouts in preparation for their export in shipments.

The smugglers’ camouflage was smart, but smarter monitoring by the ROP’s Directorate General for Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Saudi authorities concerned botched the heist.

Source: Bahrain News Agency