mobanmarketDubai: A Dubai Customs inspector who questioned a traveller walking unusually ended up discovering that he had drugs inside his stomach, a court heard on Tuesday.
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The Afghan passenger was stopped upon arrival at Dubai Airport in February of last year after the inspector noticed the man’s odd behaviour.
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“He was confused and walking in strange way, so I searched his bags and found nothing, but I noticed that he looked tired and just wanted to leave the airport,” said the customs inspector.
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The inspector then requested to search the defendant via an X-ray machine, which found strange materials inside his stomach.
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“He confessed to carrying 120 pills of illegal substances, but said he didn’t know what they were,” added the inspector.
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According to Dubai Public Prosecution, the defendant admitted to swallowing two capsules of hashish and 119 pills of an unknown substance.
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The defendant said that he was supposed to deliver the substances to an unknown person inside the country for US$1,000 (Dh5,475).
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He was later charged with possessing and smuggling 1.1-kg of methamphetamine and 35-grams of hashish.
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The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the defendant to 10 years in jail with a fine of Dh100,000, and ordered him to be deported after serving his sentence.
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The ruling is subject to appeal within 15 days.
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