Qatari customs officials foil attempts to smuggle in 66kg marijuana, 8kg hashish
Qatari officials have always been very vigilant when it comes to foiling attempts at drug smuggling into the country.
The most recent example of it came last week when the General Authority of Customs (GAC) foiled various attempts to smuggle substantial quantities of illicit drugs into Qatar.
GAC president Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jammal honoured 15 GAC officers and employees at Hamad International Airport (HIA), Airport Cargo, and Private Airports Customs Department for seizing 66kg of marijuana, 8kg of hashish and 5,600 drug pills, reported Gulf Times.
The seizures were made during operations at the airport, and postal packages coming into the country by ordinary and express mail.
HIA officers alone found 53kg marijuana, 8kg hashish and 5,600 drug pills in the passengers’ bags. All contraband items had been wrapped in carbon paper by smugglers. This is likely because of the misconception that doing so will help make the packets invisible on X-ray inspection equipment. Around 8kg of hashish was found hidden inside secret pockets of two different bags, according to The Peninsula.
Meanwhile, the Air Cargo and Private Airports Customs Department officers found 12kg of marijuana and 102gm of hashish inside parcels coming from African and European countries.
Marijuana was hidden in secret pockets inside wooden photo frames and hashish was found inside a wooden artifact.
“The customs department is efficiently preventing entry of any banned drug to the country. I congratulate the inspectors for foiling attempts of smuggling these drugs into the county. I hope they will keep up the good work,” Qatar Tribune quoted Al Jamal as saying.
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