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News

Qatar foils attempt to smuggle gun under car driver’s seat

Carrying and using firearms during celebrations is illegal, according to Qatari law. An attempt to smuggle an unregistered gun into Qatar was foiled by customs officials in the country. In a…

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System error: Smugglers found with narcotics inside laptop

Authorities have thwarted several attempts in the past months to smuggle illegal drugs inside the country hidden in ‘unusual places.’ An attempt to smuggle 181 tablets of narcotic pills inside…

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Qatar Customs make chilling discovery as 17kg of marijuana is found in air conditioners

Qatar customs have stopped an attempt to smuggle illegal drugs into the country for the second time this month. Over 17.5kg of marijuana was found hidden inside compressors of air…

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Qatar customs thwarts attempt to smuggle illegal pills in cans of beans

Qatar customs have thwarted an attempt to smuggle illegal substances into the country using food cans. Some 2,805 lyrica pills were found stuffed inside a shipment of baked bean cans…

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Man sentenced to five years for smuggling weed

The accused claimed he was duped into bringing the drugs into Qatar. An Asian man was sentenced to five years in prison and subsequent deportation after he was convicted for…

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Smuggler who swallowed half a kg of drugs sentenced to 5 years in jail

The defendant swallowed 66 capsules containing amphetamine along with other illegal drugs. A man was sentenced to five years in jail and subsequent deportation by a Doha Criminal Court for…

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Customs police thwart narcotic pills smuggling attempt

Criminals attempted to smuggle illegal pills hidden in shoes. The Air Cargo and Private Airports Customs in Qatar thwarted an attempt to smuggle illegal narcotic pills into the country, officials…

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Life

Report: Doha-bound passengers arrested in Mozambique for ivory smuggling

Qatar has been flagged alongside several other countries as an “emerging concern” because they could potentially become a key transit stop for large consignments of illicit ivory.

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Rare snakes among 355 illegal items seized by Qatar customs last year

While drugs make up the majority of the seizures - some 317 during 2014, with hashish the most commonly intercepted narcotic smuggled into the country - officials have also stopped the illegal import of live animals.

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