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UAE seizes Iranian ship smuggling drugs: WAM agency

Published: 22 Dec 2015 - 01:46 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 07:29 am
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DUBAI: United Arab Emirates security authorities have seized an Iranian ship that was smuggling drugs and people, the state WAM news agency said on Tuesday.

WAM said the ship's captain was trying to smuggle "big amounts of drugs and two Iranian nationals through the Khaled port in the emirate of Sharjah".

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