On 5 November, a member of the Tajoura Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was killed and another was seriously wounded during an armed clash in the al-Dhuwahi area, in the eastern outskirts of Tajoura, while carrying out a raid targeting a drug trafficking site. The exchange of gunfire occurred as security forces attempted to apprehend suspects involved in narcotics trade.
The CID team had successfully carried out the initial arrest of a suspect linked to drug trafficking. Immediately following the arrest, the CID team was ambushed and fired upon by armed individuals linked to a drug gang, triggering the deadly exchange of gunfire. There is no information on whether any of the drug dealers were also injured in the shooting or whether they were subsequently arrested. Their fate remains unclear. It is also not clear if the suspect whose arrest triggered the firefight managed to escape.
The Tajoura municipality strongly condemned the incident, denouncing the attack on the CID team as a direct assault on state authority and urged swift legal accountability for the perpetrators.