Dubai court jails two for possessing and abusing drugs
The suspects were charged with possession and trafficking in narcotics and were caught in the act inside a vehicle in Jebel Ali.
The case dates back to 2024 when credible information was received about the second suspect possessing and abusing narcotics in Jebel Ali Industrial Area.
A police man testified that investigations affirmed the second suspect was a drug abuser and in possession of narcotics.
A warrant was allegedly issued by Dubai Public Prosecution for his arrest.
A Criminal Investigation team located the second suspect, who was apprehended inside a vehicle driven by the first.
Upon searching them, narcotics were found, and a plastic bag containing the same substance was found with the first suspect so, they were taken to the General Directorate of Anti-Narcotics, where samples were collected and the seized substances were sent to the Criminal Laboratory for analysis.
The General Directorate of Forensic Evidence and Criminology report affirmed that the seized substances contained heroin, listed in Schedule 1 of the Federal Decree-Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and its amendments.
The second suspect's sample tested positive for heroin use, which he admitted to, confessing that he had purchased the drugs from the first suspect for Dhs100.
The first suspect denied drug trafficking charges, but evidence proved he was a drug trafficker who sold narcotics to the second.
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