UAE seizes 200,000 captagon pills and arrests 20 suspects in cross-border drug bust

UAE anti-narcotics authorities have broken up a 20-member international drug smuggling ring and seized 200,000 captagon pills and other narcotics near the Ras Al Khaimah border.

• UAE authorities announced the seizure of 200,000 captagon pills and over 30 kilograms of cocaine, crystal, marijuana and hashish at a Ras Al Khaimah border area.
• Twenty suspects of Gulf, Arab, African and Asian nationalities were arrested, some caught carrying the narcotics and others detained in security ambushes inside the country.
• The operation was carried out with Ras Al Khaimah police and Iraq's Interior Ministry narcotics directorate, under judicial coordination with the federal prosecution.