700 grams of marijuana seized at Bahrain International Airport

TDT | Manama

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Customs officers yesterday thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 700 grams of marijuana, a psychoactive drug banned in Bahrain, through Bahrain International Airport.

“The marijuana packets were concealed cleverly inside packages of masks,” officials said. Customs officials slashed opened the packets, which contained masks out of suspicion during a routine check-up by the K9 impact wing.

The drugs were neatly packed and concealed inside to avoid detection. Trafficking or even possession of marijuana is a ‘serious’ offence in the Kingdom.

Officers transferred the seized drugs to the Anti-Narcotics Department of the General Department of Investigation and Forensic Evidence for legal action.