DUBAI // A man and wife charged with possessing drugs to sell will spend a year in jail after being convicted by Dubai Criminal Court.
The Filipino couple denied the charges and claimed the small amount of methamphetamine was for their own use. They were arrested on May 24 after a tip-off to Dubai Police. The man had 1.7g of methamphetamine and the woman had 0.24g.
They were also charged with consuming drugs, which they confessed to.
“We were tipped that he was trying to sell drugs so we had him investigated and tracked him down to a location in Naif where we arrested him and found the drugs, and drug money in his Mercedes,” testified an Emirati police officer.
The officer added that the man said the cash was to be used to renew his car registration.” As for the drugs, he confessed to us that he had taken them from a man in Ajman in order to sell them,” said the 25-year-old officer.
Police went to the home of the man he said he bought the drugs from but no one was there. It was not mentioned how or where the woman was arrested.
They will be deported after serving their prison terms.
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