Customs managed to seize 11.4 kg of opium on a transit flight heading from Asia and on its way to a western country passing through Dubai International Airport.

While performing the regular inspection procedures, a customs inspector working at the Parcels Post at Dubai Cargo Village in Dubai International Airport has suspected the contents of a postal parcel that was two cartoon boxes loaded with rolls of cloths and curtains tools. While checking them through the radiation detector machine, the inspector noticed a murky dark material, and so he contacted the Technical Support Unit at Dubai Customs where the Customs K9 Unit- Dogs Unit was brought into the scene to sniff the suspected parcels. After opening the two boxes, some reels were discovered hidden under the curtains materials, after checking the cloths, 8 pieces of opium were found ducked with a tape and sprayed with black pepper to cover the smell and to mislead and deceive authorities.