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10 Years Jail for Drug Trafficking
DUBAI - The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced a drug peddler to 10 years in jail, followed by deportation, fined him Dh50,000, and the contraband to be confiscated.
- PUBLISHED: Tue 5 Jan 2010, 9:40 PM UPDATED: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:22 PM
On August 31 the 45-year-old, Iranian, brought in 85 pieces of cloth soaked in opium weighing more than 1,229gm.
The prosecution charges sheet showed that the drug trafficker was detained red-handed at Dubai International Airport, Terminal-2 on August 31 around 3:30pm.
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The officer on duty suspected the accused when he saw abnormal material hidden in his baggage. The contraband was found in several parts of the bags.
The drug trafficker admitted to his crime in the police and prosecution interrogations.