UAE | General  Dubai Customs seized 1,834 contraband items in
2012  Highest number of smugglers aged between 26 and 35    •
Staff Report   • Published: 19:45 March 17, 2013   • Gulf News
1,670 of the smugglers were male and 164 were female.  Awareness
campaigns  He added that the awareness campaigns led by Dubai
Customs has helped spread awareness about the potential risks
smuggling poses to health, the economy and the society in
general.  There were 616 between the ages of 26 and 35. He added
that 197 of the smugglers were aged 15-25, 556 were between
36-45, 330 were between 46-55, 130 were between 56-65 and 23
smugglers were above 65 years old.  The Director of Airport
Operations Department at Dubai Customs said that the smugglers
used different methods such as hiding items in their clothes, in
their stomach, their luggage, their handbags and in their
pockets. He said others brought in items in parcels, gloves,
wallets, cartons, cigarettes packets and mobile phones.  Customs
inspectors, he said are t