A Nigerian transit traveller, who was
caught at the Dubai International Airport
with 100 capsules of cocaine in his
stomach, has been sentenced to 10 years
in prison.
The Court of First Instance convicted the
42-year-old Nigerian man of the charge of
smuggling drugs via transit, and ordered
him to pay Dh100,000 worth of fine. He
was arrested on April 17th, 2016.
The sentencing will be followed by
deportation, the court ruled, and ordered
confiscation of the drugs.
"I was assigned to stand guard
on the accused at the hospital. He
had just been referred by the airport
police officers after he was
suspected of smuggling capsules
containing drugs in his stomach," a
policeman told the prosecutor,
adding that he entered the operation
room and witnessed as the doctors
operated on the defendant to take
the drugs out of his stomach. As
many as 100 capsules containing
drugs were found. I seized and
handed them over to the anti-
narcotics department," the police
officer said.
According to a report from the General
Directorate of Criminal Evidence, the 100
capsules seized from the accused
contained cocaine and weighed 1.9 kgs.
The verdict has been appealed.
Source: Khaleej Times
A Nigerian transit traveller, who was
caught at the Dubai International Airport
with 100 capsules of cocaine in his
stomach, has been sentenced to 10 years
in prison.
The Court of First Instance convicted the
42-year-old Nigerian man of the charge of
smuggling drugs via transit, and ordered
him to pay Dh100,000 worth of fine. He
was arrested on April 17th, 2016.
The sentencing will be followed by
deportation, the court ruled, and ordered
confiscation of the drugs.
"I was assigned to stand guard
on the accused at the hospital. He
had just been referred by the airport
police officers after he was
suspected of smuggling capsules
containing drugs in his stomach," a
policeman told the prosecutor,
adding that he entered the operation
room and witnessed as the doctors
operated on the defendant to take
the drugs out of his stomach. As
many as 100 capsules containing
drugs were found. I seized and
handed them over to the anti-
narcotics department," the police
officer said.
According to a report from the General
Directorate of Criminal Evidence, the 100
capsules seized from the accused
contained cocaine and weighed 1.9 kgs.
The verdict has been appealed.
Source: Khaleej Times
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