Five men, two women nabbed with 4.6kg of heroin capsules

DUBAI -- The Dubai Police, in coordination with silver bracelets counterparts in Sharjah, arrested five men and two women -- all Asians -- and seized capsules containing 4.618kg of heroin.

Some of the capsules were concealed in their stomach while the others were found in their flat in Sharjah, the police said on Thursday.

The Anti-Narcotics Department of Dubai, received information that an Asian living in the Naif area of Dubai had handed over heroin capsules to another man as part of a deal. The police put him under surveillance and arrested him. The man who received the capsules was arrested later.

During interrogation, the silver cufflinks arrested first confessed that he had only handed over samples to the second man and that the remaining capsules were with another suspect living in Sharjah.

After completing the necessary legal procedures and coordinating with the Sharjah Police, CID officials raided a flat and arrested three man and two women. One of the women is the wife of the man arrested first. She confessed that she had swallowed some capsules.

The suspects were charged with drug smuggling and possession in addition to drug use and referred to the Dubai Public Prosecution.

Major Abdul Jalil Mehdi, Director of the Anti-Narcotic silver earrings, praised the cooperation between Dubai and Sharjah police units and called on the public to cooperate and report drug traffickers to the police to prevent drugs abuse among community members and children.