DUBAI // A tourist smoked marijuana in her hotel room ‘because she’s skinny’, a court heard.
Brazilian C O, 23, brought the drug to the UAE from Mexico and used it in her room in Jumeirah on January 17 this year, prosecutors say.
According to court records, anti-drugs officers went to the hotel after being tipped off.
“We found a plastic bag containing marijuana and a machine used for making cigarettes, as well as cigarette papers and another machine for cutting the drug,” police officer R H told prosecutors.
“We asked where she got them from, and she told us she brought them from Mexico.”
She told the officer she smoked marijuana because she is skinny and it increases her appetite for food.
C O did not enter a plea to charges of drug possession and consumption at Dubai Criminal Court.
The presiding judge ordered a translator to be available on April 26 so C O can enter a plea.
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