Women gangsters get life term for promoting drugs in UAE

 Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an African gang consisting of four women to life jail to be followed by their deportation from the country after serving their sentence, after being charged with possessing psychotropic substances and drugs with the intention of trafficking.

The court also prohibited them from transferring or depositing any money for others, either directly or through intermediaries, for a period of two years after the completion of their sentence, except with the permission of the Central Bank of the UAE, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior. The court also acquitted a compatriot of the charge.

According to the case, which took place in the Business Bay area, a report was received by the General Department of Anti-Narcotics at the Dubai Police, stating that the first suspect in the case possessed psychotropic substances and drugs and was promoting them.

A police officer stated that a team from the department set up a trap to arrest the suspect. Another police officer stated during the interrogations that a female police officer communicated with the suspect, claiming that she wanted to purchase a quantity of psychotropic substances and so they agreed on the place and time to receive the required materials. On the specified day, a trap was prepared to arrest the suspect, who arrived with two other women and a man who was driving the vehicle which dropped them at the location.

The female police woman stated during the interrogations that she received psychotropic substances in the form of prohibited medication tablets from the first suspect, in return for Dhs2,000.

After informing the Anti-Narcotics Department team, the first suspect and the other women, as well as the driver of the vehicle, were arrested. On being interrogated, the first suspect, who was found in possession of other narcotic substances, admitted to promoting drugs.

The other suspects also confessed that they worked with others in promoting drugs and upon searching their residence in Jumeirah area, a quantity of drugs was found.

A fourth suspect was also arrested in possession of a quantity of psychotropic substances prepared for promotion.

The fifth suspect denied any connection to the others, stating that he was transporting them in return for money because they were compatriots but he was unaware of their involvement in promoting drugs.

He added that the first suspect had sent him several times to deliver envelopes, but he did not know that they contained narcotic substances.