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Sailor gets 15 years jail on drug charges

The Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday handed over the verdict to MAM (34) an Iranian, and confiscated the drugs and the boat in which the contraband was stashed. It also ordered his deportation after serving the jail term.

The case unfolded in January this year when the Anti-Narcotics Department was tipped off about the suspect planning to deliver the drugs to another person to be shipped outside the country.

After the information was confirmed, plainclothes policemen moved to the Naif area where they laid a trap to arrest him.

After a while, the suspect arrived at the area and stood with a grey-coloured suitcase on the road. He looked tense and started talking on the phone.

When questioned about the contents of the bag, he told the policemen that it contained 50kg of hasish. He also confessed to possessing another quantity of the contraband in the boat anchored on Dubai anchorage. The boat was seized and 258kg of hashish was recovered.

The accused was referred to the public prosecution, which charged him of bringing in and possessing hashish with the intent of trafficking.

During interrogations, he confessed of possessing the drugs and in the criminal court’s dock, he admitted to the charges. The court found him guilty and ordered him to stay behind bars for 15 years.

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