Attempt to smuggle half-a-kg Shabu foiled

Manama : More than half-a-kilo of narcotics was seized from a Bahraini passenger who was entering the Kingdom through Bahrain International Airport recently.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement issued yesterday that the substance is suspected to be methamphetamine (also known as Shabu).

“Customs Air Ports Director announced the arrest of a Bahraini traveller for trafficking 559.3g of a substance suspected to be Shabu,” the statement read.

The Ministry explained in the statement that “the substance was found in his (passenger) luggage.”

It added that the suspect and the recovered items were handed over to the Anti-Narcotic Directorate for legal proceedings to refer the case to the Public Prosecution.