Asian woman gets 5-year prison term, deportation for drug abuse in Dubai - GulfToday

Asian woman gets 5-year prison term, deportation for drug abuse in Dubai

  • 19 Oct 2021
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Mohamed Yassin, Staff Reporter

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an Asian woman to 5 years in prison, fined her Dhs20,000, and deported her from the UAE after serving her sentence.

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The details of the case dates back to last July, after information was received by the Dubai Police that the woman used narcotic drugs and possessed a quantity of it inside her home in Al Rigga area.

She spoke and showed signs of drug abuse, and a search of her home found a transparent plastic bag containing a white crystalline substance weighing 70 grams of the narcotic methamphetamine.

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