DRUG DEALERS ARRESTED IN ADEN

A gang of drug dealers was arrested last Monday in Aden in an intelligence
and police operation that is the first of its kind in Yemen.

A large quantity of hashish, cocaine, and heroin was found with the
dealers, who attempted to sell them as ready packages.

Yemen is considered a transit location for drug traffickers and dealers,
who get the drugs from the Horn of Africa and tend to market it in richer
countries in the Arabian Peninsula.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had recently been exerting great efforts to
track down a well-organized drug dealer network, which is believed to have
been getting drugs through Yemen.