{"id":37912,"date":"2022-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/uae-police-takes-down-whatsapp-dealers\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"uae-police-takes-down-whatsapp-dealers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/uae-police-takes-down-whatsapp-dealers\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Police Takes Online Drug Service Down Thanks to WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An online drug service operating through WhatsApp was recently busted by Dubai\u2019s police forces. Traffickers would send unsolicited messages to random numbers offering all kinds of illicit substances to strangers ranging from crystal meth, hashish and unlicensed painkillers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Once recipients show interest, GPS locations of drugs are shared with buyers after payment has been made. Buyers then collect the drugs, which are usually buried underground, from the specified locations,&#8221; explained Colonel Abdullah Al Khayat, manager of Hemaya International Center at Dubai Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working hand in hand with two of the main telephone providers of the UAE, namely Etisalat and DU, an extensive six-month-long campaign was jointly led from July to November 2021 to identify the criminals behind the illegal narcotic scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A hundred drug traffickers arrested for using an illicit WhatsApp &quot;delivery service&quot; to target the public  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rweMhsIiF8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/rweMhsIiF8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The National (@TheNationalNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNationalNews\/status\/1498982721305161731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been reported to be one of the nation\u2019s largest crime-fighting missions yet, with 100 traffickers arrested as a result of the operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAdults were very responsive and followed instructions, but there is a need for parents to talk to their children about the topic [to prevent] them falling victims to drug promoters,\u201d Al Khayat continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determined to put a once-and-for- all end to substance peddling in the UAE, the country\u2019s effective authorities regularly seize and severely punish any individual that challenges the nation\u2019s legislations. Earlier this year, a man was sentenced by Dubai\u2019s criminal court to 10 years of imprisonment after being found guilty of possession with intention to supply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online drug service operating through WhatsApp was recently busted by Dubai\u2019s police forces. Traffickers would send unsolicited messages to random numbers offering all kinds of illicit substances to strangers ranging from crystal meth, hashish and unlicensed painkillers. &#8220;Once recipients show interest, GPS locations of drugs are shared with buyers after payment has been made. 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