Convicted of sending sums to a drug dealer's account in exchange for "heroin" and "crystal"

Depriving an Asian of transferring money for two years.. He responded to "anonymous messages"

"Dubai Criminal Court" convicted the accused and punished him with a fine of 10,000 dirhams and deprivation of money transfer.

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The Dubai Criminal Court fined an (Asian) person 10,000 dirhams and prevented him from transferring money for a period of two years without a permit from the Central Bank, after he was convicted of drug abuse, and deposited money in a bank account belonging to a promoter to buy heroin and crystal, after communicating with the promoter. Through the “WhatsApp” application, and responding to what the police called “anonymous messages” that randomly receive from drug dealers outside the country.

According to the details of the case, according to the court’s certainty, that by tracking the Dubai Police of drug dealers and promoters from outside the country, and investigating their method of collecting money from people who use in the Emirate of Dubai, it was found that the accused deposited a money transfer in one of the accounts of these promoters, so he was contacted And asking him to report to the General Administration for Drug Control on the same day.

The case papers indicated that the accused was in an abnormal state when he went to the administration, and did not answer when asked if he was a drug user. And his car was searched to make sure he was in possession of prohibited substances.

And the details of the case indicated that it was proven through examining the sample by the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology in Dubai Police that he was under the influence of drug abuse, and later admitted that he had deposited money in a bank account provided by an (Asian) person, and then later sent him a map of a hidden location. It contains the drugs he brought and used.

After examining the case by the court, it found the defendant guilty of two counts of consuming narcotics and psychotropic substances, and depositing funds in a bank account to purchase heroin and crystal with the intention of committing the crime of abuse or personal use, and decided to punish him with a fine of 10,000 dirhams and deprive him of a bank transfer for a period of two years.

It is noteworthy that the last Law No. 30 of 2021 regarding combating narcotic substances and psychotropic substances introduced articles to deter criminal methods developed to promote drugs, including transferring money to drug dealers through bank accounts, in exchange for obtaining digital maps of places where drugs are hidden, to complicate the chances of pursuing them on the concerned agencies.

Article 64 of the law stipulates that whoever deposits or transfers funds by himself or through others or before transferring them to him with the intention of committing any of the crimes of abuse or personal use of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances stipulated in this law shall be punished by imprisonment or a fine of not less than 50 thousand dirhams. decree.

The law also introduced a new measure in Article 74, which stipulates that it prevents anyone convicted of any of the crimes punishable in accordance with the provisions of this decree-law from transferring or depositing any money to others, by himself or through others, except with a permission issued by the UAE Central Bank in coordination with the Ministry of Interior. This ban is for a period of two years after the completion of the sentence.

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