Dubai Criminal Court heard the case of accusing an employee of assaulting another with a knife

A housewife who brought “poppy” from India to be used in cooking was acquitted

The customs inspector confirmed that the accused was in a normal condition when inspected.

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Yesterday, the Judicial Authority at the Dubai Criminal Court acquitted an Indian housewife, of what the Public Prosecution had accused her of bringing 255 grams of poppy to the country.

The accused’s client, lawyer Saeed Al-Ghilani, had pleaded before the court with no criminal intent, noting that his client had brought these pills from India, when she was on vacation with her husband and two sons, so that she bought them from a grocery store next to her house in a tightly closed bag, with the trademark of one of the specialized factories. Produce it for use in cooking.

Al-Ghilani pointed out, in his defense, that his client put the bag containing that substance in a clear place in her handbag when she came to the country through Dubai International Airport, indicating that it is impossible for the accused to be aware that it is a narcotic substance and bring it in this way in a visible place, So that anyone who opened the bag could notice its presence.

He stated that, according to what the existing customs inspector confirmed exactly, the accused was in a very normal condition, and she was not confused or showed signs of confusion when he asked her if she had any prohibited substances.

Al-Ghilani stated that by addressing the Indian embassy in the country about this substance, it confirmed that it is one of the spices used in preparing food, which negates the criminal intent of the accused, according to him.

He pointed out that the examination of the accused urine sample by the Dubai Police forensic laboratory confirmed that it was free of any narcotic compounds, which means that it had nothing to do with narcotic substances, and that its intention was only to be used in spices, which is common in her homeland.

He confirmed that the accused purchased a sealed bag from a public place that is sold openly in factories and stores of foodstuffs and spices and in their condition, and she did not know at the time that those seeds were prohibited, knowing that they were placed in a bag tightly closed by the factory, indicating that she did not prepare that substance, but rather bought it. Condition from store.

He stated that the Court of Cassation confirmed that the criminal intent in the crime of possession and possession of narcotic substances is achieved with the knowledge of the possessor or the possessor that what he acquires is narcotic substances.

In addition, yesterday, the Dubai Criminal Court began looking into the case of accusing an employee of the nationality of a Gulf country of assaulting, along with others, a convicted student of the nationality of an Asian country, which left him with a permanent disability of 2% forensic medicine.

In the lawsuit papers, the Public Prosecution said that the 21-year-old accused, along with the other convicted persons, went to a park in the Hamriyah area, where the victim and his friends were playing volleyball, so they were surprised by the accused and his friends assaulting his friend, so he fled the place and entered a railway, And he hid there, and after a few minutes the place calmed down, and he thought that the accused had fled, and when he tried to get out, he was surprised by the accused and the others in front of him, so two of them grabbed him by both hands, while the accused assaulted him with a knife, causing wounds and bruises in his body, and then started screaming Some people came and rescued him from the accused and his friends who had fled, while he was taken to the hospital and submitted a report to the police.

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