TWO SUSPECTS HOLDING IRANIAN PASSPORTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED PENDING INVESTIGATION, HE ADDED

BAHRAIN:TWO SUSPECTS HOLDING IRANIAN PASSPORTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED PENDING INVESTIGATION, HE ADDED. CID HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION ON A GROUP OF BAHRAINIS AND GULF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO THE KINGDOM. IT OBTAINED A PERMISSION FROM THE GENERAL PROSECUTION AND THEN A BOAT WAS SPOTTED BY MARINE PATROLS SAILING IN THE SEA TO THE NORTH-WEST OF BAHRAIN AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE AND AFTER BEING ALERTED, IT THEN CAME UNDER THE FIRE OF SECURITY MEN TO DISABLE IT, HE SAID. YET, THE BOAT FLED AND AFTER INTENSIVE SEARCH AND INVESTIGATION, 4 SAUDIS AND 2 BAHRAINIS WERE ARRESTED AND CONFESSED THAT THE BOAT WAS REPAIRED AND THE DRUG AMOUNT HIDDEN IN ONE OF THE FARMS IN SADAD. CONSEQUENTLY, THE SMUGGLERS WERE SURPRISED BY A MARINE PATROL, ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND REFERRED TO THE GENERAL PROSECUTION, HE EXPLAINED ON THE OCCASION, THE PUBLIC SECURITY DEPUTY COMMANDER HAILED THE EFFORTS MADE BY PUBLIC SECURITY MEN IN COORDINATION WITH CID, COASTGUARD, SPECIAL FORCES AND POLICE AVIATION DIRECTORATE, AFFIRMING THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S DETERMINATION TO PROCEED WITH ITS PLANS TO COMBAT DRUG SMUGGLING AND PROTECT SOCIETY.