22 arrested on drug charges in Oman

Energy Sunday 20/January/2019 13:12 PM
By: Times News Service
22 arrested on drug charges in Oman

Muscat: A total of 22 people have been arrested for possession of narcotics in North Batinah, Royal Oman Police said on Sunday.
The Department of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control, led by the North Batinah police along with the Sohar Investigation Department arrested "six people of various nationalites for their connection to a number of cases of possession and abuse of narcotics in the governorate."
On the other hand, the Coast Guard police in North Batinah arrested "16 infiltrators in Wilayat Suwaiq who smuggled drugs and entered the country illegally," added ROP
The police found three large mounds of cannabis.