World Cup Qatar 2022: they seize pills and hashish in a passenger suitcase at the Doha airport

The Qatari authorities seized this Monday almost 2,000 pills of the painkiller tramadol and half a kilogram of hashish in the suitcase of a passenger who landed at the Hamad International Airport in Dohareported the General Customs Authority of the Arab country, when the country celebrates the World Cup Qatar 2022.

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“Customs at Hamad International Airport thwarted the smuggling of tramadol and hashish. The customs officer became suspicious of a passenger’s luggage, so he inspected it and found 1,990 tramadol pills and 464.5 grams of hashish”, the Authority said in a brief statement posted on Twitter.

The authorities did not offer details about the passenger’s nationality or what legal measures they will take against him.

This is the first seizure of drugs that has been made since the beginning of the World Cup Qatar 2022inaugurated on Sunday with the meeting between the host and Ecuador.

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The consumption and smuggling of illegal drugs is severely punished in Qatar and in the other countries of the Persian Gulf, with prison sentences and large economic fines.

Despite the fact that the authorities of these countries make great efforts to thwart the entry of drugs into their territory, anti-drug operations have increased in recent years, especially in Saudi Arabia.

In the last six years, Saudi Arabia has thwarted the entry of 600 million narcotic pills from Lebanon, according to the Saudi ambassador in Beirut, Waleed Bukhari.

Source: Elcomercio

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