This morning, in the capital, Aden, the Security Belt forces carried out an operation to destroy a large quantity of narcotic drugs amounting to 295 kilograms, under the supervision of the Specialized Criminal Prosecution. 

Lieutenant Colonel Mayas Haidara, Director of Narcotics Control in the Security Belt Forces, explained that the quantity that was destroyed included 290 kilograms of hashish, in addition to 5 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine), noting that these quantities were seized in 19 cases. Various joint efforts of the Security Belt forces in the governorates of Aden, Lahj, and Abyan.

Haidara confirmed that the destruction operation that took place today is the tenth in a series of similar operations carried out by the Security Belt forces during the past four years, which witnessed the destruction of more than four tons of narcotic substances, indicating that these operations come within the framework of ongoing efforts to combat drugs that It is directly led by the Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier General Mohsen El-Wali.

The Director of Narcotics Control expressed his concern about the increasing drug threat in Aden and the south in general, as he pointed out that the region has recently become deliberately targeted by drug traffickers, who are seeking to transform it from a “transit” station as it was before. To centers for distributing and promoting these toxins, he added: “This phenomenon threatens the future of our youth and calls for all efforts to confront it and limit its devastating effects.”

At the conclusion of his speech, Lieutenant Colonel Mayas Haidara confirmed that the Security Belt forces will continue their decisive operations to arrest drug dealers and traffickers in various southern governorates, calling on all official and societal bodies to cooperate and contribute to confronting this threat that threatens the security and stability of the region.

The destruction operation was attended by Judge Anis Nasser Ali, head of the Specialized Criminal Prosecution in Aden, the Director of Aden Security, Major General Mutahar Al-Shuaibi, the Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the Security Belt Forces, Counselor Majid Al-Taweel, Brigadier General Wadah Qasim, Director of Public Relations, and a number of judges and officers of the Security Belt Forces. .