DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities seized half a ton of cocaine worth more than $136 million, Dubai police said on Sunday, in one of the biggest drug busts in the Gulf country.

Officers "recently thwarted a smuggling attempt of 500 kilograms of pure cocaine into the country," a police statement said.

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