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Dubai Customs seizes marijuana stuffed in pineapples

Dubai Customs made a bizarre seizure at Dubai International Airport, Terminal 1 when a passenger coming from an African country was arrested for smuggling marijuana hidden in pineapples.

Khalid Ahmed, (Acting) Director of Passenger Operations Department, said, “This type of seizure reflects the efficiency of the advanced systems in place and our inspectors’ remarkable experience, which prevent all legal attempts to smuggle narcotics into the country.”

The inspectors suspected the cardboard box carrying pineapples, which was on a flight coming from an African country famous for cultivating this type of fruit.

They tracked the box and at the inspection area, asked the passenger, who looked confused, whether he was carrying any prohibited material, but he replied in the negative.

The box was scanned to reveal pineapples with black plastic bags inside them that contained 399 marijuana weed rolls which weighed 417.30 grammes. Later, the passenger was searched manually and scanned for body packing but nothing more was found.

Accordingly, he was handed over to the General Department of Anti Narcotics in Dubai Police. Khalid Ahmed said smugglers sometimes send small amounts of drugs in the first attempt, and if their attempt succeeds, they try to send bigger quantities.

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