Arab social media celebrity jailed for drug use in Dubai - GulfToday

Arab social media celebrity jailed for drug use in Dubai

  • 31 Jan 2021
Crime-Drugs

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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter


A 18-year-old Arab social media celebrity was sentenced to 6 months of jail followed by deportation after he was arrested on drug charges along with his accomplices.


Police received a tip-off that the defendant along with his accomplices abuses drugs inside his apartment in one of Dubai’s residential towers.

 

Police teams raided his apartment and caught defendant, his friends, and a minor female who were taking drugs.


The teams successfully seized drug seedlings and an electric light device that help grow such type of drugs, while the defendant and his accomplices were prosecuted.

 

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