Drugs worth 1 billion UAE dirhams seized in Abu Dhabi

• Abu Dhabi police seize drugs worth one billion dirhams
• Police say over 1 ton of drugs was transported to the UAE by dissolving crystalised drugs into water
• A gang of eight drug dealers, who received instructions from abroad, have been arrested, police say

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Drugs worth one billion dirhams have been seized in Abu Dhabi, local police revealed on Friday.

According to a news report by Jang, police said they confiscated over one ton (1041 kilogrammes) of drugs from a gang of eight drug dealers. 

The gang, police said, has been arrested. 

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Police officials added that the involved gang was trying to transport the drugs to the UAE in a unique fashion by "dissolving crystalised drugs into water."

Abu Dhabi police said that the money earned through drug smuggling was laundered, adding that the gang received instructions from abroad.

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