Drug promoters take advantage of “social media” to lure children

Abu Dhabi Police has warned of hidden threats that children may be exposed to on social media sites and applications, the most prominent of which is the promotion of drugs, and the parents called for monitoring the digital activity of their children quietly and without intimidation and opening a honest dialogue with them about the risks of the Internet, and losing the applications and games they interact with and direct them towards safe and appropriate options.

Abu Dhabi Police affirmed the continuation of its efforts in raising awareness and security education, most notably the definition of families and members of society of the damage of the drug scourge, its negative effects, methods of prevention and confrontation with them in all forms through the plans, programs and educational campaigns that are organized throughout the year.

Drug seizures revealed during the last period that drug gangs resort to developing smuggling methods and hiding narcotic substances continuously, including the exploitation of social networks in drug promotion.

Abu Dhabi Police toppled earlier, in cooperation with its partners, with organized networks for drug promotion and separate areas in the various emirates of the state and seized in possession of narcotic substances in several cross -border cases, as drug control men monitored the phenomenon of sending random messages through a social media that contained pictures, videos and audio messages to promote drugs and claim the ability of those criminal elements to communicate the drug For any place in the state.

The seized issues also showed gang leaders who used international phones to spread propaganda randomly to promote narcotic drugs, but the Drug Control Directorate managed to overthrow the promoters while trying to put the drug in separate locations for delivery “Luxanat” to direct them to the Abu Dhabi Police. Judicial.

Abu Dhabi Police stressed the importance of the concerted efforts of all relevant institutions in educating community members of the dangers of drug use and promotion and reporting suspicious cases through the communication channels developed by the Abu Dhabi Police through a safety allowance service on the number 8002626.

Abu Dhabi Police called on parents to protect their children from strangers who use the summer vacation to promote drugs, by not playing or talking to strangers and rejecting any gifts or sweets from anyone who does not know, monitoring the friendships of children and directing them to safe and useful activities.

Families called for monitoring the unknown electronic messages that reach their children from phone numbers outside the country, and reporting them by calling a “safety service”.

She stressed the importance of the role of the family as the first line of defense to prevent the drug scourge, and urged them to have positive communication with the children and protect them from bad friends, and to invest their spare time during the summer vacation by developing their skills in a manner that ensures them feeling confident and responsibility towards themselves and their homelands.

The police services at the state level warned as part of the continuous awareness campaigns of the drug scourge of the people of unknown messages through social media, promoting types of drugs, calling on individuals not to deal with them permanently, and to inform the competent authorities to take the necessary measures.