The delegation of CARICC headed by the Director Militia Major General Miralizoda Rustam Aziz took part in a regional meeting on countering clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs.

The event was attended by representatives of the anti-drug authorities of the Criminal Information Center for Combating Drugs of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-CIC) member states, Egypt, the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, the UK National Crime Agency, international organizations (UNODC, INCB , Law Enforcement Center for South-East Europe - SELEC).

At the opening of the event, the Director of the GCC-CIC, the head of the police of Dubai and the UNODC Regional Representative for the Gulf countries made their welcoming speeches. The speakers noted the threat of the spread of synthetic drugs in the Persian Gulf region against the backdrop of a rapidly changing situation after the easing of covid restrictions. It was noted that organized criminal groups involved in drug trafficking are changing the direction of their criminal activities by creating a drug laboratory on the territory of countries.

As part of the event, the CARICC Director held bilateral meetings with the heads of delegations of UNODC, Saudi Arabia, GCC-CIC, and the SELEC Center on enhancing cooperation against the backdrop of a rapidly changing drug situation and an increase in seizures of hard drugs in the Persian Gulf and Central Asia regions.