The new law applied to him and fined him 60,000 dirhams
"Dubai Criminal Court" freezes the bank transactions of an accused who transferred money to buy drugs
Dubai Police implemented a campaign warning of anonymous messages.
Emirates today
The Dubai Criminal Court applied Article 74 of the new anti-drug law to a convict of transferring funds through a bank account with the intention of purchasing drugs, and according to this article, it prohibited him from transferring or depositing any money to others, by himself or through others, for a period of two years, and also punished him with a fine of 60,000 dirhams. after being convicted of drug abuse.
In detail, the facts of the case stated that information was received by the General Department for Drug Control in Dubai Police stating that the accused used narcotics and psychotropic substances, and possessed a quantity of them, and obtained permission from the Public Prosecution to seize and search his residence and car and obtain a sample from him for analysis.
The lawsuit papers indicated that a team from the administration raided his residence at the specified time, and voluntarily guided the policemen to a drawer near his bed, and a small black box containing cannabis, crystals, and drugs was taken out.
When asked in the police inference report, he revealed that he is dealing with a professional Asian promoter, who sells his goods without meeting customers, by communicating with him via the “WhatsApp” application.
And based on their agreement together, he deposited the money in the promoter’s account via an ATM, and then took the drugs from a place that I directed him to through the GPS service.
The report of the General Department of Criminal Evidence in Dubai Police indicated that, based on examining a sample from the accused, it was proven that he had used cannabis and crystal.
The court confirmed its satisfaction with the defendant's confession at various stages of the case, and concluded with his conviction on charges of abuse and possession of drugs with intent to abuse, and ruled that he be fined 60,000 dirhams after linking the two charges, and imposing the most severe punishment on him.
A complementary penalty was also applied to him, introduced by the new law issued by Decree No. 30 in the matter of combating narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, which is preventing him from transferring or depositing any money to others himself or through others for a period of two years, except on the basis of permission issued by the Central Bank of the Emirates after coordination with the Ministry of Interior. .
Dubai Police had warned against responding to anonymous messages received randomly via the WhatsApp application with the intention of promoting narcotic substances, and managed to arrest more than 100 accused of promoting in this way as part of a campaign called "Anonymous Messages".
She revealed that drug dealers devise new methods to avoid being arrested, and rely on modern technologies to communicate with their customers and catch new users through these messages. Both parties to meet.
In addition to the efforts made by the security services at the state level to combat these criminal methods, the UAE legislator paid attention to them in the new law and introduced Article No. 74, which states that “any person convicted of any of the crimes punishable in accordance with the provisions of this decree-law is prohibited from transferring or depositing Any money for a third party, by itself or through others, except based on a permission issued by the Central Bank of the Emirates in coordination with the Ministry of Interior, and this ban continues for a period of two years after the end of the execution of the penalty.
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