DUBAI // A man and woman have been arrested after they were caught with “large amounts” of drugs in a Dubai park.
Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, assistant commander-in-chief for criminal investigation at Dubai Police, said the African man, 33, and an Asian woman, 39, were caught with heroin, believed to have been brought into the country by the woman.
Officers searched the pair and found the woman, S K M, was bringing the drugs to her accomplice, A G H. Police said the woman, who was in the UAE on a visit visa, attempted to flee when officers arrested the man.
The man was charged with possession of psychotropic substances with the intent to sell and the woman was charged with smuggling narcotics into the country with the intent to sell.
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