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The two men sentenced to death for selling Dh1,500 worth of marijuana to an undercover policeman were experienced dealers involved in smuggling larger quantities of drugs including opium and heroin, according to the head of Abu Dhabi Criminal Court. Related ■ UAE death sentence for Briton and Syrian to face significant checks ■ Briton and Syrian sentenced to death for drug dealing in Abu Dhabi Topic Crime The sentencing of Briton NL, 21, and MB, 19, from Syria, earlier this week caused controversy for the relatively small amount of drugs involved....
Three Dutch men have been jailed for up to seven years for smuggling over one tonne of cocaine on board a luxury yacht, the BBC reports. Klaas L, 61, and owner of the yacht, was jailed for seven years and his son Robert, 33, for five years by judges in Rotterdam. A third man, Mohamed Z, 45, was jailed for eight years. L's other son was acquitted, the BBC said. The drugs were found by Southampton police after a tip-off last year. The motor yacht Louise had been loaded onto a ship transporter bound for Holland while in the Caribbean, where it was...
Richard Wright Photo: HM Revenue & CustomsRichard Wright, 51, formerly of Chislehurst, Kent, was extradited from the Netherlands.He was sentenced today for conspiring to import Class A drugs via Zeebrugge in 2004.Wright had escaped before he could be charged but he continued his illegal activities and was arrested by HM Revenue and Customs officers after he served a jail term in Holland.Mike O’Grady, Revenue & Customs Assistant Director...
investigation has exposed the organised criminals who secretly trade organs for British transplant patients for as little as £4,500 (Rs 3.85 lakh). The gangs, operating in eastern Europe and the Indian subcontinent, prey on the desperation of patients requiring organs and the poverty of donors who often earn less than £1,000 (Rs 85,754) from the exploitative deals. The so-called organ brokers have developed a network of corrupt officials who provide fake documentation to show that donors are related to the recipients, a legal requirement...
Chicago man has been charged with trying to take possession of heroin concealed in a picture frame he had had shipped from Kenya to the downtown hotel where he worked, court documents show. Taiwo Obayemi, 34, of the 5100 block of South Blackstone Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Wednesday near his home after the picture frame had been shipped to his work place, the W Hotel, 644 N. Lake Shore Dr., according to a federal criminal complaint against him filed today. U.S. Homeland Security agents investigated six packages supposedly containing picture...
Customs officers in the Northern town of Lom found heroin instead of a first aid kit, the press office of the National Customs Agency announced for FOCUS News Agency. A mobile customs group stopped a car for a check. The vehicle was with Bulgarian registration and was travelling from Bulgaria to Austria, driven by a Bulgarian national. The car was redirected for a thorough check to the Vidin Ferryboat checkpoint, where authorities found a suspicious package put in the space, where the first aid kit was supposed to be. The drug test made on the...
Customs officers in the Northern town of Lom found heroin instead of a first aid kit, the press office of the National Customs Agency announced for FOCUS News Agency. A mobile customs group stopped a car for a check. The vehicle was with Bulgarian registration and was travelling from Bulgaria to Austria, driven by a Bulgarian national. The car was redirected for a thorough check to the Vidin Ferryboat checkpoint, where authorities found a suspicious package put in the space, where the first aid kit was supposed to be. The drug test made on the...
Haji Bagcho sent heroin to more than 20 countries and was once responsible for trafficking a fifth of the world's heroin supply, prosecutors estimate. In one year alone he is thought to have traded more than 125 tonnes of the drug worth hundreds of millions of pounds, and used the proceeds to give weapons, cash and supplies to Taliban commanders fighting Nato forces. His conviction was a rare success for an international effort which has struggled to dent the Afghan opium trade, or the international drug smuggling networks it feeds. Bagcho, aged...
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested a Nigerian man on Sunday after recovery of 15 heroin-filled capsules from his stomach, the ANF said. Qgbnobioma Leonard, having passport number A-2540022, was proceeding to Dubai and onward to Nigeria by PIA flight PK-211 at 12 p.m. The ANF personnel found his activities suspicious. During investigation by the ANF officers, he confessed that he swallowed 15 capsules of heroin, the ANF said. He was sent to the hospital where 15 capsules filled with heroin were recover...
