DUBAI // Two men who claimed they knew nothing about drugs found in their rented car, but who confessed to consuming hashish, were sentenced to four years in jail each.
Egyptians A M, 31, and S D, 34, were convicted of possessing 46 Tramadol tablets and with consuming hashish.
They told Dubai Criminal Court last December that they smoked hashish in Oman but, unbeknown to them, their Dubai rental car contained a stash of pills.
“We don’t know who put the tablets in the car, we can’t accuse the car rental, but we don’t know who put them there,” said S D to judges.
The pair were arrested on September 26 as they crossed back into the UAE at the border post in Hatta.
“They were walking suspiciously when they got out of the car, so I searched the car and found Viagra and other tablets that were found to be Tramadol,” said Emirati customs inspector M A.
He said the pair then confessed that they had been smoking hashish in Oman.
They will be deported after completing their jail terms.
salamir@thenational.ae
