DUBAI 10 August 2022: Dubai Customs inspection officers at Dubai International Airport terminal 1 have seized 3.7kg of marijuana. An inbound African passenger arriving from an African country was attempting to smuggle in the drugs […]
DUBAI 1 JANUARY 2022: Authorities at Dubai Customs’ Jebel Ali and Tecom Centre thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of crushed captagon. The seizure of the banned stimulant is the biggest haul of its […]
DUBAI 15 September 2021: Inspection Division at Dubai Customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle 64 live falcons into the country through Hatta Border Crossing. The illegitimate shipment, which violates the provisions of CITES ((the Convention […]
ABU DHABI 24 May 2021: The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) decision to remove the country from the US intellectual property protection (IPP) Watch List. In […]
DUBAI 20 May 2021: Dubai Customs’ Intelligence Department thwarted an attempt to smuggle a counterfeit petroleum jelly “Vaseline” shipment that contained 17,280 packs, with a street value of Dh400, 000, with the help of the […]
DUBAI 15 March 2021: Dubai Customs seized nearly three million captagon pills, which is the largest so far this year and foiled a major attempt to smuggle them into the country. Inspection officers of the […]
DUBAI 3 January, 2021: Dubai Customs busted a major drug trafficking operation, seizing 76.31 kg of narcotics at Hamriya Port. The Dh47.5 million worth of drugs comprising 30.15 kg of crystal meth and 46.16 kg […]
DUBAI 27 November 2020: As part of the economic stimulus package announced by the Government of Dubai to alleviate the burden on businesses and help them navigate the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic, Dubai Customs launched […]
DUBA 25 November 2020: Dubai Customs foiled a drug smuggling operation, the biggest haul seized at the coastal borders. The seizure, carried out by the Creek and Deira Wharfage Customs Center, which operates under the […]
DUBAI 24 October 2020: Jebel Ali Customs Centre, part of Dubai Customs’ Sea Customs Centres Management, thwarted 103 smuggling attempts in the first eight months of 2020. A total of 104,074 inspection operations were conducted […]