The Public Prosecution revealed, on its official Facebook page, today, Wednesday, that it had conducted an inspection to prove the crime of attempting to smuggle a quantity of narcotics and psychotropic substances into the country, where the prosecutor at Al-Khums Primary Prosecution followed the inference measures taken by the elements of the Anti-Smuggling and Drugs Department in Al-Khums Sea Port Department.
This is regarding the information related to the fact that a quantity of narcotics and psychotropic substances had been smuggled, in a container designated for transporting imported foodstuffs: frozen chicken meat.
The Public Prosecution confirmed that the procedure resulted in the seizure of approximately 269,000 grams of a substance that had been proven by experience to be cocaine, and the investigator requested the procedures required for the preliminary investigation, including the mechanism for pursuing the rest of those involved in the act who are outside the national jurisdiction.
The Public Prosecution stated that with the investigator’s belief that the criminal act had been committed, he initiated a search of the container, for the purpose of searching for any materials outside the scope of dealing by law.