- Title: UAE police arrest five men linked to international narcotics ring
- Date: 9th August 2017
- Summary: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AUGUST 9, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF DUBAI COURT ROAD SIGN READING IN (Arabic) AND (English): "Dubai Courts" VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF DUBAI COURTS VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF DUBAI'S PUBLIC PROSECUTION HEADQUARTERS / SIGN READING (Arabic and English): "PUBLIC PROSECUTION" EXTERIOR OF DUBAI COURTS
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 13:57
- Keywords: Police Australia Dubai Netherlands arresting 17 people seizing two tonnes narcotics Dubai police United Arab Emirates 1.8 tonnes of MDMA or ecstasy
- Location: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- City: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TFQWXZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Five men were arrested in Dubai in connection with an international narcotics ring during simultaneous raids in Australia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday (August 8).
The five are due to appear in court in Dubai at an unspecified date.
Police in Australia, Dubai and the Netherlands have arrested 17 people and seized nearly two tonnes of narcotics in raids the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday had broken up two interlinked Middle Eastern crime syndicates.
In simultaneous operations, nine men and a woman were arrested in Sydney on Tuesday and five men were arrested in the United Arab Emirates by Dubai police, according to the AFP.
Authorities in the Netherlands at the same time arrested two men alleged to have been responsible for arranging the supply of drugs to an Australian-based syndicate, the AFP said.
The investigation began in mid-2016, targeting organised crime groups attempting to import large quantities of drugs and tobacco, according to authorities. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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