MUSCAT: The Directorate for Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (DCNPS) at the Police Command in the Governorate of North Al Batinah arrested a citizen and an Asian national for possessing 70 kg of hashish in the Wilayat of Saham.
In a separate case, the DCNPS arrested a citizen on charges of possessing and trafficking drugs and recovered 186 tablets of psychotropic substances from him.
The Directorate for Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (DCNPS) at the Police Command in Dhofar Governorate in cooperation with the Coast Guard Police foiled an attempt to smuggle in a large amount of Khat. An official source with Dhofar Governorate Police Command said that a boat laden with Khat was put under surveillance and seized in the Al Hafa area in the Wilayat of Salalah. Three Arab nationals were arrested and 1,388 bundles of Khat seized.