Drugs were packed in oranges.

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A gang of five men smuggled more than 20 kilogrammes of heroin into the UAE hidden in crates of oranges, a Dubai court heard yesterday.The quintet - a Pakistani and four Nigerians - were caught in May after police received information about the operation allegedly taking place at Al Awir fruit market."We opened a container and found boxes full of oranges. We opened them and found small amount of drugs in each that were hidden in a professional way," a police officer said in the court records. Police knew the crate belonged to the Pakistani and arrested him immediately.

During questioning he claimed he was just a middleman, acting between the four Nigerians and drug producers in Pakistan."He told us someone in Pakistan had contacted him and asked to send him fruit containers which contain drugs. His part was to make sure that the container entered the UAE and after that he was supposed to give it to the other four suspects to sell it," the police officer said.The four Nigerians were captured when they arrived to pick up their next consignment of drugs - 101 boxes containing 400 small bags of heroin.All the suspects denied smuggling and dealing drugs and the judge adjourned the trial until next month.

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