He hid cocaine in a suitcase and was sentenced to 10 years in prison
An African prison challenged Dubai Customs inspectors to get away with his crime
The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an African salesperson to ten years in prison for bringing 2.1 kilograms of cocaine through Dubai Airport. to fail.
In the investigations of the Public Prosecution, an inspector at Dubai Customs said that he was at the head of his work at Dubai Airport on May 13, and a travel bag was suspected in the internal department, where an abnormal density was noticed at its bottom, so the specialists followed it until the accused received it, and when he arrived at the inspection hall, he was stopped When asked if the bag belonged to him, he admitted that, then asked him to open it for inspection.
The inspector added that he was convinced that there was something hidden at the bottom of the bag, so he told the accused that he would break it, but he refused, and told the customs inspectors, that they would bear the price if they broke it, and the inspector agreed to that, so that the accused appear signs of confusion.
The inspector indicated that he broke the bag, and found at the bottom four black rolls containing a white substance that has the characteristic appearance of cocaine, and by asking him he admitted that one of his friends handed him the bag in his country, and asked him to deliver it to a person in Dubai, so he was referred to the General Administration for Drug Control, including To the prosecution and then the criminal court, which sentenced him to ten years in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams, then deportation.
In addition, the Criminal Court sentenced an Arab salesperson and an unemployed woman of another Arab nationality to five years in prison and a fine of 20,000 dirhams on charges of facilitating the abuse of others by giving them narcotic drugs for free.
A witness at the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police stated that reliable information from the source was received about the first accused’s use of narcotic substances and possession of a quantity of them. He gave her drugs for free.
The witness indicated that by asking the first defendant, he stated that he had obtained drugs from a defendant in another case, so the latter’s house was raided and narcotic substances and scales sensitive to the weight of the drugs were found. He also arrested the second defendant in this case, who confessed to drug use and gave it to another defendant referred to the court. misdemeanour for drug abuse.
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