Pubdate: Wed, 22 Jun 2005
Source: Gulf Times (Qatar)
Copyright: Gulf Times Newspaper, 2005
Contact:  http://www.gulf-times.com/
Author: Staff

503 KILOS OF HASHISH SEIZED IN THREE OPERATIONS

The anti-drugs department has seized a total of 503 kilos of hashish
and 2.42 kilos of heroin in three different operations, Brigadier
Mohamed Mubarak al-Kholeifi has announced.

A total of 12 Asian smugglers were captured in the sea in two separate
operations, he said.

Brigadier al-Kholeifi said that nine Asian suspects, trying to smuggle
in the drugs, were caught with 285 kilos of hashish, and 2.42 kilos of
heroin in a raid on the northern coast.

"The anti-drugs department scored another success when it captured an
Asian expatriate, along with two of his compatriots, coming to the
state with 110 kilos of hashish," he said.

Brigadier al-Kholeifi said that in the third case 108 kilos of hashish
were found hidden in a farm in the northern part of the state. A man
was taken into custody for questioning.

l Qatar is planning to mark the International Day on Combating Drug
Abuse on June 26 under the slogan, 'For a Drug-Free Society.'

The chairman of the Interior Ministry's Drugs and Alcoholism Control
Affairs Standing Committee, Major General Saad Jassem al-Kholeifi,
asserted that the State of Qatar spared no effort in contributing to
all regional and international efforts aimed at combating drug abuse.
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