Drug smuggling operation busted in Oman

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has seized more than 7,000 tablets of psychotropic substances and 34 large rolls of crystal narcotic found from four smugglers. 

"Monitoring and tracking operations carried out by the Coast Guard Police in cooperation with the Department for Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the South Al Batinah Governorate resulted in the arrest of four smugglers of foreign nationality on board a smuggling boat,” ROP said in a statement.

"The seized quantity amounted to 7,010 tablets of psychotropic substances and 34 large rolls of crystal narcotic. The legal procedures are being completed against the accused,” the statement added.