A narcotics officer confirmed the findings, adding that the parcel was registered to an Asian recipient who declined to collect it himself, instead requesting home delivery. The first and second suspects later arrived at the pick-up point, where they were arrested. Further checks linked the second suspect’s name and phone number to the shipment. Prosecutors said […]
A narcotics officer confirmed the findings, adding that the parcel was registered to an Asian recipient who declined to collect it himself, instead requesting home delivery.
The first and second suspects later arrived at the pick-up point, where they were arrested.
Further checks linked the second suspect’s name and phone number to the shipment.
Prosecutors said the trio, along with an unidentified accomplice, illegally imported the narcotics using concealment and deception.
Officers replaced the real parcel with a dummy one and sent an undercover officer disguised as a courier.
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The first suspect admitted to arranging the shipment with an Asian accomplice, intending to hand it over to the Gulf national in exchange for BD1,500, to be paid through an intermediary.
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It contained sports equipment, including table tennis gear. An X-ray scan picked up irregularities, prompting a manual check.
The High Criminal Court sentenced a Gulf national and two Asian men to five years in prison, fined them BD3,000 each, and ordered their deportation. The drugs were seized.
A customs officer on duty flagged a package arriving under a recipient’s name.
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The guard signed for the delivery and was immediately arrested. Officers searched his home before taking him into custody.
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Package Detectives contacted the guard, who agreed to receive the package.
Officers found paddles and balls stuffed with thousands of tablets.
Customs officers found 55,335 psychotropic pills hidden inside table tennis paddles and balls in a parcel from abroad, leading to the arrest of three men and the busting of a smuggling ring.
He gave the name and address of a building’s security guard to accept it on his behalf.
