Sleuths in Oman have foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin concealed in a spare car tyre into the country.

Sleuths in Oman have foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin concealed in a spare car tyre into the country. Acting on a tip-off, they arrested two citizens who were trying to enter the sultanate through the Wadi al Jizzi border post in the Dhahirah region.
Aided by police dogs, police detected 35 heroin capsules hidden in a spare tyre of the vehicle used by the alleged smugglers. A spokesman for the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said drugs with a street value of RO500,000 were seized in the country last year. More than 895 cases were registered and 1,417 people arrested. Meanwhile, a man who resisted arrest and fled will spend three years in jail.  The Mahoot Primary Court also ordered him to pay a fine of RO500. 

The accused had violently resisted when police went to arrest him with a warrant from the Public Prosecution Department in April for a different crime. He escaped in his vehicle and was arrested in June.

In another case, a person who dug an unauthorised well on public land was jailed for three months and fined RO1,000. And in Sohar, two people charged with theft have been given five-year jail terms by the Criminal Court.  Two others involved in the case will be detained at a juvenile detention centre until they reach adulthood.