Duo jailed for drug abuse, illegal sex

Dubai - The couple who were taken into custody from their house later confessed to the crime. The couple may appeal the ruling.

 A man was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday over drug abuse and facilitating its use for a woman.
A 34-year-old Pakistani, identified as A.A., was convicted by the Court of First Instance for possessing different quantities of heroin and crystal meth and supplying them to a 27-year-old Tajik woman, identified M.S. She was jailed for four years for using heroin and other drugs. A.A. was also ordered to pay a Dh20,000 fine.
A.A. and M.S. have also been accused of having sex out of wedlock. The court ordered that both of them be deported after completing their jail sentences.
A police lieutenant said that the anti-narcotics division received a tip-off on December 27 last year that A.A. and M.S. stayed at a hotel in Naif and were in possession of drugs.
The couple who were taken into custody from their house later confessed to the crime. The couple may appeal the ruling.
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