'Fake Emirati' drug dealer busted in Dubai-AUH-Sharjah operation

Counter-drug units from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah joined forces to seize nearly 30kg of hashish in a joint operation that led to the arrest of the fleeing dealer.

Dubai Police said they alerted authorities in Abu Dhabi that a real estate company employee had received the drugs and was trying to sell it in the UAE.

Dubai’s CID Chief Major General Khalil Al Mansouri said officials in Abu Dhabi conducted a raid after receiving the information from Dubai.

He told local newspapers that the 50-year-old dealer, who had posed as an Emirati, managed to avert arrest and flee the emirate and hide in Sharjah.

“We succeeded in locating his whereabouts. After coordinating with the Sharjah Police, we raided a house and arrested the dealer. We found the drugs buried in sand near his hideout. We recovered 30kg of hashish and 1,500 pills.”