Chaos in a Dubai mall’s toilet exposes drug abuser

Mohammed Yassen, Staff Reporter

The Misdemeanours Court in Dubai imposed a fine of Dhs10,000 on 25-year-old Arab man and prohibited him from transferring or depositing funds to others, either autonomously or via third parties, except with the prior authorisation of the Central Bank of the UAE, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior.

This ban will persist for a period of two years following the implementation of the sentence.

The convict exhibited erratic and vociferous behaviour within a toilet situated within a shopping mall in Dubai.

It was established that the individual was a narcotics user and in possession of a quantity of controlled substances, which the Court ordered to be confiscated.

A number of shoppers reported the incident to the mall's security guards, who were able to control the individual in question, and then they called the police.

A police officer stated that following the suspect's arrest, he was found to be in an abnormal state and did not have a scent of alcoholic beverages on his person.

A subsequent precautionary search revealed the presence of a cigarette containing suspected narcotics.

The accused was then subjected to a forensic analysis, which revealed that he was a habitual user of narcotics.

During interrogations, the accused admitted to having used drugs prior to his arrest, and confirmed that the seized substances belonged to him and that he had obtained them from a dealer after transferring their value to a bank account outside the country.

The court consequently convicted him and issued the aforementioned judgement.