DUBAI // Two Tanzanian women have been found not guilty of possessing heroin by a Dubai court.
S A, 40, and M S, 34, were charged with drug possession at Dubai Criminal Court after police were tipped-off on January 22.
“We identified ourselves to the women and told them we have a search warrant,” said Emirati police officer A Z, 39.
The women denied having drugs or consuming them but, according to records, police found three heroin capsules in a black bag. A female officer took S A to a bathroom and searched her, finding 20 more capsules in her underwear.
S A and M S told police officers that the drugs were given to them by an Arab man for safekeeping.
A forensic report said the capsules contained a total of 311 grams of heroin.
Both women were found not guilty at Dubai Criminal Court on Monday.
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