1.6kg codeine pills for treatment!

DUBAI - A 42-year-old housewife on Monday denied in the Court of First Instance the charge of smuggling narcotics.

By Marie Nammour

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Published: Wed 2 May 2012, 12:52 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 11:38 AM

The Iranian woman claimed that she had been on medication and that she could submit a medical report.

As many as 4,396 codeine pills, weighing 1.6kg, were found in the defendant’s possession when she was arrested at the Dubai International Airport on February 17.

An Emirati police woman corporal told the prosecutor that she searched the defendant at Terminal 2 after the latter was arrested by the immigration officers based on a police circular.

The corporal found a big plastic box full of pills in the defendant’s baggage. The box was wrapped in a transparent adhesive tape.

mary@khaleejtimes.com


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