A total of 166 pills and 6.95gm of hashish were seized.
The air cargo customs has foiled yet another attempt to smuggle prohibited tobacco products to Qatar.
A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian man to five years in jail and subsequent deportation for attempts to smuggle contraband drugs while entering the country through Hamad International Airport.
Air Cargo Customs at Hamad International Airport (HIA) has arrested a passenger for attempting to smuggle banned pills to Qatar.
The Air Cargo and Private Airports Customs Department has thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned pills, the General Authority of Customs (GAC) tweeted on Thursday.
A significant decrease in humidity levels is expected in the country from Saturday, the Qatar Met department has said, while also forecasting thundery rain and strong winds at times on Friday.
The General Authority of Customs (GAC), represented by the Maritime Customs, has foiled an attempt to smuggle 7,493kg of a prohibited chewing tobacco (*tambaku) at Hamad Port.
The Maritime Customs Department at Hamad Port has foiled yet another attempt to smuggle 'tambaku' (chewing tobacco) into Qatar. According to a tweet by the General Authority of Customs (GAC), 1,644kg 'tambaku' was found in 274 packs concealed in refined salt shipments.
The Air Cargo Customs has arrested a passenger at Hamad International Airport (HIA) with 'Shabu', a banned drug used in some parts of Asia. This was informed by the General Authority of Customs (GAC) through its social media accounts.
Customs at Hamad International Airport arrested a passenger for possessing prohibited pills and narcotic materials.
HE the Chairman of the General Authority of Customs (GAC) Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Jamal honoured 15 inspectors from the Maritime Customs Department (Ruwais Port customs) for their seizures of narcotic substances of various types and quantities...
In yet another haul of banned drugs, the Air Cargo Customs officials seized banned Captagon pills that were being smuggled to Qatar.