Amphetamine - Smuggling

Smuggling

213 kg of amphetamine worth 40 million AED (Nearly $11 million) was seized by the United Arab Emirate Drug combat authorities on 30 November 2011 from an Iranian ship that was supposed to deliver the consignment in Malaysia and made a port stop in Sharjah.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying "This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

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