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Mahmoud Mohsen, Staff Reporter

An Arab man filed a complaint against his sister-in-law after she said to him, “You are of low origin.” The woman was referred to the Sharjah Misdemeanours Court.

The court asked the suspect who said there was a case in court between her and her husband, and that the complainant sympathised with him because he was his friend.

She confessed she said those words to her sister-in-law, stressing that she did not intend to offend him, but was intended to tell him he was ungrateful for the good things she had done to him.

The Court adjourned the case to 9 September to summon the complainant and hear his statements.

A recent report said the hearing in the case of three Asians charged with planting and possessing cannabis and failing to report the crime continued in The Sharjah Criminal Court on Sunday.

The prosecution’s bill of indictment mentioned the three defendants were accused of planting, possessing narcotics and failing to report the crime, despite their knowledge of it.

As per case details, the Anti-Narcotics Department received information that one of the defendants was possessing narcotics and planting them in his room in the workers’ housing.

Following investigation, the defendant’s room was raided and searched, where cans containing narcotics were found.

It was found that his roommate possessed the same narcotics as well, while another had knowledge about their activities, but did not report to the authorities.

The forensic reports proved the seized and cultivated materials were Indian hemp. Thus the defendants were arrested and referred to the Court.

Upon confrontation, the first defendant confessed to possessing and abusing the narcotics, but denied planting them. The second admitted he refrained from getting blood tested for narcotics and denied possession of drugs for abuse. The third defendant confessed he failed to alert the authorities concerned despite his knowledge of the crime.

After hearing statements of the three defendants, the Court postponed the case to Sep.8 to hear the witness’s statement.

In another case, the Sharjah Criminal Court heard a case in which an Asian was charged with stealing 200 mobile phones in a hypermarket in the emirate and a safe containing store owner’s documents and gold jewels worth Dhs300.