Manama, July 1 (BNA): Coast Guard patrols have foiled the trafficking of large quantity of narcotics worth more than BD284000, via the sea from Iran.The Maritime Operations Centre suspected a boat in the north of Bahrain that was sailing despite the maritime ban and when it was chased by the patrols it tried to sail to the shallow water, but the security forces managed to stop it.
Two Bahrainis on the boat were held and they are:
1. Ahmed Riyadh Ali Ahmed Al Qazaz, 25, with drug-related criminal records, in which tools for narcotic use were confiscated from his car.
2. Sayed Hassan Majid Ashoor , 27, owner of the boat.
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