E-Paper
Sign In
Man who drowned in sea was drunk
DUBAI - An autopsy has determined that the 31-year-old man was drunk when he drowned in the sea at an open beach in Jumeirah on Wednesday morning.
- PUBLISHED: Wed 28 Nov 2007, 9:06 AM UPDATED: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 4:41 AM
The Nigerian national, who has been identified as Haji O., was pronounced dead at 8.30am same day.
According to the police, the victim, who came to the UAE on a visit visa, went with his friends to a night club around Tuesday midnight and drank a considerable amount of alcohol.
Recommended For You
Later, they went to the Jumeirah beach.
Ignoring the requests of his friends to take some rest, Haji went to swim in the sea.
After a while, his friends could not spot him swimming. Though they searched the shallow waters, they could not trace him.
They informed the Dubai Police.
A coast guard rescue team, which arrived at the scene, fished out his body after a while.
The doctors at the General Department of Forensic Medicine confirmed that Haji was drunk.
The port police station yesterday released the body after the completion of legal procedures.