Man jailed and fined for using drug inside vehicle

Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter

Dubai Criminal Court jailed a GCC national 7 years and fined him Dhs200,000 on charges of consuming various narcotics and psychotropic substances inside his vehicle.

The details date back to September 2023, when information was received by the General Department of Narcotics Control at Dubai Police, alerting that the suspect, who had a criminal record, was in possession of narcotic substances which he abused inside his vehicle in Nad Al Hamar area in Dubai.

A policeman reported that a team from the competent department and a support patrol headed to the suspect’s location, after obtaining the prosecution’s permit, where the policeman saw the suspect inside his vehicle. After searching him, teams found various narcotic substances in his possession, so he was arrested.

A large number of psychotropic pills and narcotics were also found inside his vehicle, so he was taken to the General Department for Narcotics Control, where the forensic laboratory report proved that his sample contained traces of the use of narcotics and psychotropic substances. The report of the materials seized in the possession of the suspect proved that they were psychotropic substances weighing more than 150 grammes.

On being questioned, the suspect admitted that the drugs seized with him belonged to him, and that they were all for personal use.