A French drug lord involved in drug trafficking and smuggling has been arrested by the Dubai Police.
The French national has been on the run for 10 years, as per reports from Emirates News Agency.
39-year-old Moufide ‘Mouf’ Bouchibi, also known as ‘The Ghost’, was using forged documents and travelling under a false identity when Dubai Police arrested him.
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The arrest of Bouchibi is another proof of the cooperation of the Dubai Police and the international law enforcement agencies.
Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police also praised the tremendous efforts made by the force’s team from the General Department of Criminal Investigation. They were the ones who located, tracked, and arrested the suspect shortly after receiving the Interpol’s Red Notice.
Jérôme Bonet, Central Director of the French Judiciary Police, commended the move of Dubai Police in arresting the drug lord.
Major General Expert Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said that an arresting team was deployed after the exchanges were made by Dubai and French authorities.
“Our officers, aided by the Criminal Data Analysis Centre at Dubai Police, located the infamous drug lord and arrested him in Dubai within a very short time,” he said.
“According to Brigadier Jamal Salem Al-Jallaf, director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, Bouchibi eluded detectives for more than a decade and became a global trafficker, importing 60 tonnes of drugs to Europe every year with an estimated annual street value of 70 million euros,” Al Mansouri added.
The arrest for the French drug lord was conducted towards the latter part of March. (TDT)
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