Interior Ministry announces major security achievement in capital Sanaa

SANAA, Jul. 01 (YPA) – Ministry of Interior in the National Salvation Government on Thursday announced about a major security achievement in the capital Sanaa.

The General Department for Narcotics Control, in coordination with the Specialized Criminal Prosecution, seized one ton and 305 kilograms of hashish, five kilograms and 984 grams of Captagon pills, one kilogram of heroin, and one kilogram and nine grams of the narcotic substance ‘Shabu’, as well as the seizure of a laboratory for the recycling and packaging of these narcotic substances in a house in the capital Sanaa.

The General Department for Narcotics Control confirmed that the owners of these quantities were arrested.

Brigadier General Abdulkhaleq Al-Ajri, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, explained that the seizure operation came after follow-up procedures and careful investigation, as 200 molds of hashish were seized hidden on board a small truck, coming from the areas controlled by Saudi-led coalition to Sanaa.

The spokesman added that other quantities of drugs were found inside one of the houses, as the security men, in coordination with the specialized criminal prosecution, raided one of the houses and found a factory for re-manufacturing, packaging and packing of these narcotic substances, and seized a large amount of hashish and narcotic substances.

YPA