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Qatar Air Cargo Customs foils attempt to smuggle methamphetamine ‘Shabu’

Published: 09 Oct 2025 - 04:54 pm | Last Updated: 09 Oct 2025 - 04:56 pm
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Doha, Qatar: The Air Cargo Customs Department has thwarted an attempt to smuggle the narcotic substance methamphetamine, known as ‘Shabu’, after a customs inspector grew suspicious of one of the incoming postal parcels.

Upon subjecting the parcel to inspection and examination, the narcotic substance was found concealed in a sophisticated manner inside fishing line spools.

The total weight of the seized substance was approximately 1.316 kilograms.