Dubai: The Anti-Narcotics General Department has formed new sections and strategies to deal with the growing problem of drug trafficking.

Dubai Police has blocked many international sites and online forums in order to thwart drug trafficking and peddlers, who use these sites and forums to hold sale transactions, in particular those taking place abroad, said Brigadier Abdul Jaleel Mahdi, Director of the Anti-Narcotics General Department.

The department used to be part of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

He said 440 people were deported in 2008 for possessing drugs for personal consumption.

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