The law enforcement authorities, led by the Royal Oman Police (ROP), have been cracking down on the trafficking of narcotic substances and alcholic beverages, which continues to be reported at regular intervals.
Last week, the Coast Guard Police, led by the Musandam Police, seized a boat in Oman's territorial waters with three Iranian nationals on board, in possession of quantities of alcoholic beverages. Legal procedures are being completed against them.
In another case, the Coast Guard, in cooperation with the General Directorate for Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, successfully intercepted a smuggling boat coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran after a precise tracking operation as it entered Omani territorial waters and attempted to evade police vessels.
The crew, consisting of three infiltrators of Pakistani nationality, was apprehended off the coast of Quriyat Governorate, with more than 70kg of hashish in their possession.
The Coast Guard Police, led by the Dhofar Governorate Police, thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than five hundred and fifty kilograms of drugs carried out by three individuals of Yemeni nationality who illegally entered Omani territorial waters via a fishing boat. Legal procedures against them are being completed
A house used by expatriate workers in Suhar was raided for storing large quantities of alcoholic beverages, and two individuals of Indian nationality were arrested with than 15,380 bottles and cans of alcoholic beverages.
The General Directorate of Customs, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control, thwarted an attempt to smuggle 11.65 kilograms of marijuana through Salalah International Airport. The quantity was seized in the possession of two Indian nationals, who had professionally concealed it within their luggage.
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