Ajman Police shut down 16 drug trafficking sites

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

Lt. Col. Saif Khalifa Al Muhairi, Director of the Ajman Police Anti-Narcotics Department, revealed that the cyber patrols managed to detect and shut down 16 different sites promoting drugs during the past year and half.

This successful mission was carried out in collaboration with the Federal Drug Control Directorate and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, in an attempt to achieve the UAE’s vision to ensure the safety and security, and end the drug trafficking phenomena.

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Lt. Col. Al Muhairi, pointed out that drug traffickers on such websites tend to use fake names to manipulate people and draw attention away from themselves. However, these sites were easily detected by the team of experts from cyber patrols, and were immediately shut down.

The Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department, Lt. Col. Al Muhairi, stressed that the department is making excessive efforts to utilize all available means to fight drug trafficking and drug abuse, as well as raise the awareness of the public on the dangers of using drugs. Finally, he called on the public to cooperate and work together with the police to fight drug trafficking by reporting the websites and accounts involved in such a crime.