DUBAI // A tourist who was caught with more than 12 kilograms of heroin denied a charge of smuggling drugs with the intent to distribute and told the court that they were for his own use.
The Dubai Criminal Court heard on Sunday that Tajik A S, 42, was arrested on June 4 this year after the customs inspector at Dubai International Airport found drugs in his bags.
“It was 11am when an x-ray check detected strange bodies in his bags. We found suspicious substances in his personal bag and also in his laptop bag, we then referred him to anti-narcotics,” said M D, 24, a customs inspector.
A prosecution report said that 10.6 kg of heroin was found his clothes and 2.1kg inside a secret pocket in his laptop bag. They also found 910 grams of heroin in a file he had inside another bag.
A S told prosecutors that he brought the drugs for his own personal use, which is the same plea he made in court on Sunday.
The next hearing will be on December 10 to appoint a lawyer.
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