DUBAI // Two Tanzanian women have been arrested after heroin capsules were found in their underwear and in their possession.
S A, 40, and M S, 34, were charged with drug possession at Dubai Criminal Court after police had been tipped-off about them using drugs on January 22.
Officers secured a search warrant and tracked down the women.
Emirati police officer A Z, 39, said: “We identified ourselves to the women and told them we have a search warrant.”
The pair denied having drugs or consuming them but, according to records, police found three heroin capsules in a black bag and then a female officer took S A to a bathroom and searched her, finding 20 capsules in her underwear.
The women told officers that the drugs were given to them by an Arab man for safekeeping.
Police took urine samples and X-rayed the women to see if they had drugs in their bodies.
A forensic report said the capsules contained a total of 311 grams of heroin.
At Dubai Criminal Court, S A entered a guilty plea for the charge of drug possession, while the other defendant did not show up.
The next hearing is on April 26.
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