Woman arrested in Oman for human trafficking
"Police Command in the Governorate of Muscat arrested a Chinese woman accused of human trafficking, along with eight Thai women for committing immoral acts and violating public ethics. Legal procedures are being completed," a statement from the ROP said.
In another incident, Coast Guard Police Command, in cooperation with the Directorate General for Combatting Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, apprehended a Pakistani national in the Wilayat of Quriyat with more than ninety kilograms of crystal meth, marijuana, hashish, and large quantities of psychotropic pills with the intention of trading it. Legal procedures are being completed against him.
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