A US defence official told a media outlet that an unknown number of "unidentified armed individuals" seized the M/V Central Park in the Gulf of Aden. Ambrey, the maritime security firm, said that "US naval forces are engaged in the situation" after the incident involving the Central Park, which is...
Jordan scuttles attempt to smuggle drugs from Syria
Amman, Jordan--Jordanian security forces have scuttled an attempt to smuggle narcotics from Syrian territories to Jordan. According to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the border guards, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Department and other military apparatuses, thwarted an attempt by a group of smugglers who tried to cross the Syrian-Jordanian...
International Security Alliance seizes drugs worth US$750mn in global operation
Abu Dhabi, UAE--The International Security Alliance (ISA) has seized narcotics estimated to be worth US$750 million from a large transnational drug trafficking ring, and arrested 597 suspects, in a wide operation spread over many continents, dealing a big blow to organized criminal groups trafficking in drugs. The ISA, a working...Oman seizes 6 million captagon pills, arrests members of smuggling network
MUSCAT, OMAN - Oman announced the seizure of over six million captagon pills during a bust aided by Saudi Arabia that resulted in the arrest of a smuggling network. "In cooperation with Saudi authorities", police in the sultanate tracked and ambushed an "international network that was smuggling large quantities of drugs...
Iraq seizes big haul of captagon pills headed for local market
Continuing with its crackdown against drug traffickers in the country, Iraq security forces on Tuesday said they had taken into custody a smuggler and seized some 44,000 captagon tablets meant for sale. Iraq has seen a surge in the consumption of the amphetamine-like drug in recent years as it grapples...
Iraq impounds three million captagon pills on Syrian border
Iraq has scuttled a big smuggling operation of bringing into the country a large consignment of three million pills of captagon, an amphetamine-type stimulant sweeping the Middle East for year, near the Syrian border. The pills had been hidden in apple crates and discovered at the Al-Qaim crossing near Iraq's...US seizes US$3.4bn in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road
New York, United States— The US government announced Monday it had seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a real estate developer who stole the cryptocurrency from the dark web marketplace Silk Road a decade ago. James Zhong, 32, pleaded guilty Friday to committing wire fraud in September 2012 ago when he...
Morocco impounds two million captagon pills at northern port
Scuttling an "international trafficking attempt" to West Africa, Morocco has made a large seizure of more than two million amphetamine-type captagon pills on the kingdom's northern coast. The drugs were hidden inside a goods container onboard a maritime transport ship headed from Lebanon to West Africa.
Kazakhstan impounds jewels worth US$230m from ex-leader’s nephew
Almaty, Kazakhstan—Kazakhstan's anti-corruption agency said Wednesday it had seized jewels worth more than $230 million, in a case involving the nephew of ex-leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. "As a result of operational-search activities, exclusive gems and precious stones worth 230 million US dollars" were seized, the agency said in a statement. The agency...
Iran says it briefly seized two US drone vessels in Red Sea
Three days after it seized a US military drone vessel in the Gulf, the Iranian navy took control of two American drone vessels in the Red Sea before releasing them. Iranian state media aired footage on Friday purporting to show the two US vessels being released by Iranian forces on...
Argentina seizes 1.6 tons of cocaine headed for Dubai
Argentine authorities seized 1.6 tons of cocaine hidden in animal feed destined for Dubai and detained 12 people, police said on Friday.
Lebanese judge orders seizure of MPs’ property over port blast
The two former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter had been summoned for interrogation by the judge investigating the blast. However, the investigation into the cause has been stalled amid political interference and no state official has yet been held accountable.Syria seizes record 2.3 tons of stimulant captagon: Ministry
With a kilo of captagon estimated to amount to around 6,000 pills, the cumulated number of pills seized tops 14 million, the largest recorded haul by the Syrian government in years.
Saudi Arabia seizes 302,255 Captagon pills at Al-Haditha port
Saudi Arabia has seized a new consignment of banned drugs being brought into the kingdom at Al-Haditha port.
Iran seizes fuel-filled boat in Gulf, arrest 11
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign boat smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrested its 11 crew members, a senior justice official said Saturday.
Coalition says record drugs haul seized near Gulf in 2021
The value of the drugs seized by the Bahrain-based Combined TCommander of CTF 150, Royal New Zealand Navy Captain Brendon Clark, said the drugs came from a number of countries around the region, without specifying. "It's all about maritime security operations... preventing illicit activity from non-state actors in the region,"...
Dubai Police carries out region’s largest drug bust
The Dubai Police have arrested a man they say had smuggled 500 kg of pure cocaine, which has a street value of AED500 million ($136 million), into the country. They said they surveilled him for some time and then caught him red-handed.
Drugs seized at Dammam airport
Alert officials of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam have seized more than 2.6 kilograms of cocaine into Saudi Arabia while it was being smuggled into the kingdom
Saudi officials seize a big load of drugs at border with Jordan
A consignment of two million illegal pills was seized by the Saudi authorities along the kingdom’s border with Jordan. The drugs were hidden in tomato paste jars.
