Criminal Security Arrests Two Suspects in Drug and Psychotropic Substances Trafficking Case

The Criminal Security Sector, represented by the Investigations Department of the Al-Mubarrah Al-Kabir Governorate, arrested suspects of Bangladeshi nationality in a case involving the trafficking of narcotics and psychoactive substances.

The Ministry of Interior stated in a press release that the arrests followed suspicions regarding an individual found at a dirt lot, where narcotics and psychoactive substances were seized in his possession. He confessed to placing the drugs at various dirt lots and sending their locations to another person for pickup. The investigators were guided to five sites where the substances were seized, as well as additional quantities found inside his residence in Al-Mahbula.

The Ministry added that the suspect admitted to obtaining the drugs from an Asian individual whose identity was initially unknown. Further investigations led to identifying and arresting this individual at his residence in Al-Mutla, where narcotics and psychoactive substances were also discovered.

The total seized items included 33 bags of marijuana weighing approximately 46.4 grams, 175 bags of methamphetamine weighing approximately 182.4 grams, 7 bags of heroin weighing approximately 5.8 grams, 85 capsules of Captagon, 178 tablets of Larica, 6 bags containing A4-sized papers soaked with chemical substances, 3 sensitive scales, and a set of drug paraphernalia.