{"id":17376,"date":"2024-09-10T04:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=17376"},"modified":"2024-09-10T04:25:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:25:43","slug":"video-sharjah-police-bust-drug-traffickers-for-smuggling-226kg-of-hashish-in-marble-slabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/video-sharjah-police-bust-drug-traffickers-for-smuggling-226kg-of-hashish-in-marble-slabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Sharjah Police bust drug traffickers for smuggling 226kg of hashish in marble slabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article data-page=\"\/uae\/crime\/video-sharjah-police-bust-drug-traffickers-for-smuggling-226kg-of-hashish-in-marble-slabs-1.103820841\" class=\"article  \" data-featured-image=\"https:\/\/imagevars.gulfnews.com\/2024\/08\/11\/The-drug-consignment-seized-in-Operation--Destructive-Stone--in-Sharjah._19141f6a188_medium.jpg\" data-sections=\"uae,crime\" data-authors=\"Aghaddir Ali, Senior Reporter\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" id=\"1.103820841\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col d-none d-md-block\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 itemprop=\"headline\" class=\" \" data-article-head=\"\"> Video: Sharjah Police bust drug traffickers for smuggling 226kg of hashish in marble slabs<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead \">Operation \u2018Destructive Stone\u2019 unearths drugs hidden in marble slabs<\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-5 gn-col-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n        <time class=\"publish\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2024-08-11T18:56:08+04:00\"><br \/>\n    Published:\u00a0<br \/>\n        <span class=\"time\">August 11, 2024 18:56<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/time><br \/>\n        <time class=\"publish\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2024-08-12T08:27:21.843+04:00\"><br \/>\n    Last updated:\u00a0<br \/>\n        <span class=\"time\">August 12, 2024 08:27<\/span><br \/>\n 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class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Sharjah: The General Command of Sharjah Police has arrested a criminal gang consisting of three individuals who planned to smuggle and introduce 226kg of hashish, psychoactive substances and narcotic drugs, hiding them in slabs of marble.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va23xpxEFeXuMgVqck3B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get exclusive content with Gulf News WhatsApp channel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"PA_mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cacher\">\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Major General Abdullah Mubarak bin Amer, Deputy Commander in Chief of Sharjah Police, praised the efforts of the task forces in thwarting the bid to conceal narcotic substances within marble stones for the purpose of trafficking and promoting them in conjunction with operators overseas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Colonel Majid Sultan Al-Asam, Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department of Sharjah Police, said dealers outside the country werere trying to smuggle and sell drugs within the UAE.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<div class=\"story-block mb-3 pull-left\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShjPolice\/status\/1822847036141572339\" data-show-caption=\"true\" data-embed=\"\" class=\"social-embed\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"adv \">\n<div id=\"gulfnews_uae_article_1\" data-gpt=\"Gulfnews_Article\/gulfnews_uae_article\/gulfnews_uae_article_1\" data-atf=\"0\" data-size=\"[320,50]\" data-size-mapping=\"[ [ [ 1024, 500 ], [ [300,100], [300,250], [710,250], [710,400], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [ 768, 420], [ [300,100], [300,250], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [640, 320], [ [300,250], [300,100], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [0, 0], [ [300,250], [300,100], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ] ]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>The Drug Control 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