Smuggling Of Half-a-ton Of Hashish Foiled By Security Agencies

In collaboration with the General Administration for Combating Drugs, the Criminal Security Sector at the Ministry of Interior conducted a decisive operation. Under the explicit instructions of Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the operation was carried out in collaboration with the General Administration of the Coast Guard, General Administration of the Special Security Forces, and Administration of the Police Aviation Wing. In order for the mission to succeed, Major General Hamid Al-Dawas, Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs of the Ministry of Interior, and Brigadier General Muhammad Qabazard, Director General of the General Department of Narcotics Control, played a crucial role in the field supervision.

As a result of this targeted action, security forces were able to successfully foil an attempt to smuggle half a ton of narcotic hashish. The estimated market value of the seized narcotics is one and a half million dinars. In a major breakthrough, authorities apprehended six smugglers of Iranian nationality who were caught in the act while infiltrating Kuwaiti territorial waters. Kubbar Island was being buried by the perpetrators who had reached the island.

Narcotics control received confidential information about an elaborate drug smuggling scheme planned by a criminal gang. Based on the information available, the gang intended to infiltrate Kuwaiti territorial waters and bury drugs on Kuwait's islands, particularly Kubbar Island.

As soon as the General Administration for Combating Narcotics received this intelligence, it initiated comprehensive internal and external investigations. According to confirmed information, the gang was en route to Kubbar Island to deliver and bury the drugs. Detectives, the Coast Guard's General Administration, the Special Security Forces, the Anti-Terrorism Department, and the Police Aviation Wing swiftly coordinated the operation. Upon the gang's arrival on the island, surveillance was established, and a seamless interception was carried out.

Security forces tracked the smugglers' boat as it approached Kubbar Island using the radar system of the General Administration of the Coast Guard. The gang members were caught in the act of landing and burying the drugs. Simultaneously, security forces, including personnel from the General Administration for Combating Drugs and the Coast Guard, conducted a raid. The Police Aviation Wing provided air support through helicopters, while Coast Guard boats secured the island’s beaches from all directions.

A joint security force apprehended all six Iranian nationals, securing 20 bags containing 500 kilograms of narcotic hashish worth one and a half million dinars. The defendants confessed during the initial investigation that they intended to deliver and bury the drugs on the island for later extraction and distribution by their seventh partner, who is still at large. This operation not only disrupted a major drug smuggling attempt but also revealed the elaborate tactics employed by traffickers in the region. As part of their efforts to combat drug-related crimes and safeguard the nation's security, the security forces remain vigilant.

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