Abu Dhabi Police arrests 20 members of drug gang

Abu Dhabi’s police force has announced the arrest of 20 Asians accused of being part of a drug dealing network following an anti-narcotics operation

The individuals were arrested in groups without their peers’ knowledge under a secret campaign to counter a major drug trader residing outside of the country, Abu Dhabi Police said.

They are accused of dealing heroin and crystal meth and were caught with a combined 20kg of the drugs over a period of three months.

Images showed some of those arrested along with a large haul of drugs seized during the operations.

The director of Abu Dhabi Police’s anti-narcotics directorate, colonel Tahir Ghareeb al-Dhahri, said the organisation was committed to countering cross-border gangs and dismantling drug networks operating inside the country.