Dubai Customs have foiled a traveller's attempt to smuggle over 7 kg of marijuana through the airport by hiding them inside breakfast cereal bags.
Inspectors at Terminal 1 discovered unusual dark substances within the passenger's bags and further inspections led them to the drugs.
The suspect has been handed over to the General Directorate of Anti-Narcotics at Dubai Police for legal proceedings.
Dubai's RTA opens Hessa Street upgrade
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened the Hessa Street Development Project between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, marking a major upgrade to one of the city’s busiest traffic routes.
UAE school bus operations to resume on Monday
Bus operations for public and private schools in the UAE will resume on Monday, April 20.
UAE strongly condemns targeting of UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon
The UAE has strongly condemned the attack that killed a French soldier under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon and injured three other peacekeepers on Saturday.
UAE, UK discuss latest regional developments
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has discussed the serious repercussions of Iran's attacks on the UAE and neighbouring countries in a meeting with UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Yvette Cooper.
