38 expats arrested, drug haul busted by ROP

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP), has seized large quantities of crystal drug found from two smugglers and in a separate incident, arrested 38 expats for trying to enter the Sultanate of Oman illegally.

According to the ROP, Coast Guard police boats in Muscat Governorate arrested two smugglers of Asian nationality found with a large quantity of crystal drug.

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard police in South Al Batinah Governorate seized a smuggling boat off the shores of the Wilayat of Barka, with 38 foreign nationals on board trying to enter Oman illegally.