Two jailed, fined Dhs100,000 each for possessing and abusing drugs in Dubai

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an Arab to five years and another to 10 years in jail to be followed by deportation and fined them Dhs100,000 each for possessing and abusing drugs.

The court also decided to prohibit them from transferring or depositing any funds to others, whether by themselves or through third parties for two years after the end of their respective jail terms, except after obtaining permission from the Central Bank of the UAE in co-ordination with the Ministry of Interior.

In addition, the court ordered that the seized items be confiscated.

The case, which dated back to January last year, took place in Al Wuheida area of Dubai, where the defendants were digging in the ground with their hands late at night, arousing the suspicion of a police patrol.

A policeman stated that the defendants were in an abnormal state and showed signs that they were abusing drugs.

After being searched as a precaution, a quantity of what was suspected to be hashish was found in the possession of one of them, while various substances suspected to be cocaine and hashish were found in the possession of the other, he added.

He and his colleagues arrested the defendants when one of them tried to resist and escape but was brought under control, the policeman said, adding that the defendants were taken to the General Department of Anti-Narcotics, where they underwent laboratory tests.

The report of Dubai Police’s forensic lab revealed that the two defendants were under the influence of drugs. The first defendant was in possession of 20 grams of hashish, while the second defendant was found to be in possession of approximately 100 grams of hashish, cocaine and other psychotropic substances, the report showed.

On interrogation, the two defendants admitted to having abused drugs, which they obtained from a drug dealer, who sent them the co-ordinates of the location where he had hidden the drugs via WhatsApp after they had transferred the price to his bank account.

They stated that their presence at the location where they were arrested was for the purpose of searching for the drugs and psychotropic substances.