28 tonnes of hashish seized in Yemen in year and half

SANA'A, June 27 (Saba) - Yemen seized about 28 tonnes of hashish along with 20
million pills of amphetamines over the last year and the first half of this year.

The announcement, made as Yemen celebrated the World Anti-Drugs Day which falls on
June 26, highlighted the readiness of the Yemeni security forces to crack down
organized crime.

In the present time, drugs crimes don't threat a specific country, but rather they
have become a global concern undermining social and economic development, the
Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Last week, a huge drugs stash was found on two fishing boats off Yemen's eastern
province of Hadramout. Five Yemeni dealers were sized on the boats along with two
African smugglers.

Two Africans were seized on one of the boats and five Yemenis were seized on the
second boat.

The Africans were a Tanzanian and a Kenyan, ages 35-36, while the five Yemenis were
aged 19-52.

In May, the Anti-Drugs Authorities burned eighty three millions of dollars' worth of
drugs and six million pills of amphetamines.

About 75 suspects including 47 Yemenis, 12 Pakistanis, 10 Iranians, 2 Syrians, 2
Saudis and an Eritrean and an Ethiopian, have faced drugs trafficking and trade
charges in the country in recent months.

The trials of some of the suspected drugs dealers have been completed with some
sentenced to death and others to years in prison. Other trials are still under
process.

Drugs are usually trafficking through Yemen to neighboring states.

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