Woman jailed for 10 years, fined Dhs100,000 for possessing drugs in Dubai

Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an Arab woman to 10 years in jail, to be followed by deportation from the country after serving her sentence, and fined her Dhs100,000.

The court also prohibited her for two years after the completion of her sentence from transferring or depositing any money for others, either by herself or through intermediaries, except with the permission issued by the Central Bank of the UAE in coordination with the Ministry of Interior.

The details of the case date back to April 2024, when reliable information was received by the General Department of Anti-Narcotics, stating that the suspect lived in Twar area, near Al Qiyada Metro Station, where she abused and possessed narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

A policeman stated during the interrogations that the suspect obtained the drugs through social media platforms, where she used to deposit the value of the required quantity in a bank account inside the country.

He added that she recently purchased a quantity worth Dhs500 and deposited the amount in that account.

After that, the geographical location where the drugs were located was sent via WhatsApp, and she headed to that location to take them.

The policeman added that the suspect was arrested in a tarp near her residence while driving her vehicle, where a quantity of drugs was found in her possession.

A sample was sent to the Criminal Laboratory, which proved that she was a drug abuser.

The suspect confessed during the interrogations to possessing the drugs, explaining that she obtained them from a person outside the UAE.