The estimated annual street value of his operations reached $82.6 million, state news agency WAM reported.
Bouchibi had been travelling under a false identity. He had also been on the run for 10 years, using forged documents, the report added.
A team of officers were tasked to share information about Bouchibi with the French authorities and Interpol, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs at Dubai Police Major General Expert Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri said.
“Our officers, aided by the Criminal Data Analysis Centre at Dubai Police, located the infamous drug lord and arrested him in Dubai within a very short time,” he added.
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Dubai Police arrest French drug lord ‘The Ghost’ involved in operations worth $82.6m
01 Apr 2021 A videograb shows the suspect under surveillance in Dubai. Gulf Today, Staff Reporter
The Dubai Police arrested Moufide ‘Mouf’ Bouchibi, a French drug lord involved in drug trafficking and smuggling operations across Europe with an estimated annual street value of 70 million euros ($82.6m).
Bouchibi, 39, who became an international kingpin known as ‘The Ghost’, had been travelling under false identity. He had been on the run for 10 years using forged documents when Dubai Police arrested him.
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Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, said the arrest is another achievement to the fruitful cooperation between Dubai Police and international law enforcement agencies towards ensuring the world’s security and safety.
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A French drug lord known as the ghost who was on the run for a decade was arrested in Dubai after police armed with only a twenty-year-old picture of the suspect used artificial intelligence technology to track him down.
Dubai Police received a Red Notice from Interpol against Moufide ‘Mouf’ Bouchibi, 39, shortly before he recently arrived in the emirate.
He used forged identification in an effort to evade detection after landing in the city.
A team of officers were deployed and a criminal data analysis centre was set up to snare one of France s most wanted men.
He was captured last week.