Drug dealers arrested in Oman

Muscat: An African national was arrested by the Directorate of Narcotics Control for possession, peddling and abuse of narcotics in Wilayat Seeb.

Fifty nine capsules of morphine weighing 685 grams were seized from the suspect.

Similarly, in South Al Batinah, an Asian national was arrested for possession, peddling and abuse of narcotics in the Wilayat Barka. He was in possession of 28,000 capsules of a psychotropic substance.