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Drug peddler sentenced to life in prison
A 32-year-old Bangladeshi worker was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday by the Court of First Instance for possession of drugs for trafficking.
The accused was also found guilty of using hashish.
The defendant will be deported after serving his 25-year prison term as per the court order.
The verdict is subject to appeal within 15 days at the Court of Appeal.
The accused was arrested in September last year and hashish weighing about 253 grams was seized from him. A police captain in the Anti-Narcotics Department said during the investigation that the defendant was arrested outside his labour accommodation in Al Qusais after he sold a quantity of hashish to one of their sources for Dh200.
The accused admitted that he had previously sold drugs to the police source and that he smuggled the drugs from his home country.
He also admitted that he had another quantity in his room to which he led the police.
He was referred to the General Directorate of ANti-Narcotics. According to the Criminal Lab report, the defendant’s urine sample test proved positive for hashish.
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