“Dubai Appeal” upheld his innocence in the “facilitation case” .. and convicted him of drug use

A father accused of facilitating the abuse of drugs and psychotropic substances for his son

The Dubai Court of Appeals acquitted a 40-year-old Gulf national of facilitating the abuse of his son, who was referred to the juvenile court for drug abuse, and the anti-drug men stated in the case papers that they tried to help the son recover, but he returns to abuse whenever his father is in the home.

The father, in turn, was convicted by the Criminal Court on charges of using narcotics and psychotropic substances, possession of narcotics and a paper clip impregnated with psychotropic substances, and sentenced him to two years imprisonment, and the ruling was upheld by the Courts of Appeal and Cassation in Dubai.

In the details of the case of facilitating the use of the son, a witness from the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police stated that reliable information from the source confirmed that the accused (the father) and his son referred to the Juvenile Court were using narcotic substances, possessing a quantity of them, and having criminal records in this regard, so permission was issued from The Public Prosecution Office, raided their home, and took a sample from them.

Moving to the place, a white paper was found in one of the drawers, suspected to be saturated with drugs, weighing about 90 grams, and drug strips of psychotropic substances, and tools used in dealing.

The toxicology and narcotics expert at the General Department of Criminal Evidence concluded that the sample of the accused and his son contained different types of narcotics and psychotropic substances, and they also admitted to using those substances.

By asking the father whether he supplied his son with narcotics, he denied the accusation, and the son denied that it came from his father, and indicated that they obtained the narcotics from an Asian person.

The witness from the General Administration for Drug Control explained that the result of examining the father's sample matched the son's sample, pointing out that the administration tried to help the son by treating him from drug abuse, but he returns to drugs when his father is at home.

By asking the accused in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, he denied the accusation of facilitation, and stated that he did not provide his son with any narcotic substances, and did not know that he was taking, indicating that he obtained the drugs that were found with him, from an Asian person who transferred money to him, in exchange for sending him via social media. A geographical location where drugs are buried.

For its part, after examining the case, the Criminal Court concluded that there was insufficient evidence to condemn the father to facilitate the son’s abuse, especially in light of the denial of the accused and his son at all stages of the case that the father had facilitated the abuse of his son, and ruled his innocence, and the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.

In addition, the Dubai Criminal Court convicted the father of drug abuse, which included a paper saturated with a psychotropic substance, and sentenced him to two years in prison. He appealed against the ruling before the Courts of Appeal and Cassation, which upheld the ruling.

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