Under the direct supervision of Al-Yousef, the Drug Control Department thwarts the smuggling of 47 kilograms of methamphetamine and 45 liters of its raw liquid through the Abdali border crossing
The Ministry of Interior announced that, under the direct supervision of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef, the General Directorate of Narcotics Control successfully apprehended a member of a network involved in smuggling, manufacturing, and trafficking narcotics, and thwarted the smuggling of a shipment of methamphetamine and the raw materials used in its production. This operation was a continuation of a case involving a suspect previously arrested at his home in the Saad Al-Abdullah area for manufacturing methamphetamine in a warehouse in the Kabd area and trafficking narcotics.
The Ministry clarified that the arrest followed investigative efforts and the setting of a tight ambush, in coordination with the General Directorate of Customs, as the suspect arrived from the Republic of Iraq through the Abdali border crossing. Approximately 47 kilograms of methamphetamine and 45 liters of raw methamphetamine liquid, used in the production of psychoactive substances, were found concealed in a hidden compartment within the structure of his vehicle.
Investigations revealed that the suspect was traveling by land to the Khuzestan region in Iran to meet a drug dealer who was responsible for hiding shipments inside vehicles. The suspect would then return with the vehicles through the Republic of Iraq to Kuwait, handing them over to the previously arrested suspect for unloading the contents in a warehouse, manufacturing methamphetamine, and distributing it through trafficking networks.
The suspect confessed to carrying out more than 24 smuggling operations over a two-year period, including the introduction of shipments into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In these operations, individuals affiliated with the other suspect would take possession of the vehicle, unload its cargo, and return it to him for his return to Kuwait.
