One arrested for illegal cigarette smuggling in Oman

Muscat: Al Buraimi police confiscated large quantities of illegal cigarettes, the Royal Oman Police announced.

The Al Buraimi police managed to seize a large number of banned cigarettes in one of the houses in the area, and arrested a suspect.

An official source at ROP said that "the information after search and investigation indicated that there was a large number of prohibited materials in one of the houses in Al Buraimi. Legal measures were taken immediately".

The items were seized from four different four-wheel-drive vehicles parked in the yard. In addition to the cigarettes, six radio communication devices with their own chargers that were used in smuggling operations were confiscated.