Israeli man caught smuggling half a ton of cocaine in Dubai drug bust

By Benjamin Turner

Halil Dasuki, was caught with $135 million worth of Cocaine hidden in shipping containers.

Israeli police said to have tipped local police off to the man, who was a past criminal in Israel.

Dasuki, 31, was arrested last week in Dubai for being involved with the operation named “Scorpion”.

His family has talked back against the manner, explaining that someone “set him up on purpose”, with a friend adding that he is “under pressure and afraid that they will execute him”.