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Court acquits lorry driver of importing banned pills

A lorry driver gasped and ran happily out of the court dock when he heard the judge acquitting him of importing and possessing 157.46 kilograms of amphetamine capsules.

  • By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
  • Published: 23:40 February 25, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: A lorry driver gasped and ran happily out of the court dock when he heard the judge acquitting him of importing and possessing 157.46 kilograms of amphetamine capsules.

With tears of joy covering his eyes, the 50-year-old Jordanian driver, B.A., rushed happily towards the dock's door.

The court acquitted the suspect of illegally importing and possessing 959 plastic sacks containing the banned substance with the intent of distribution due to uncorroborated evidence, as charged by the Public Prosecution.

An anti-narcotics major in Dubai police testified: "Customs seized the medical pills which were hidden inside rolls of textile curtains at the Cargo Village. Primary investigations revealed that the suspect, who was arrested in Ajman, imported the consignment."

The major who questioned the suspect quoted him saying: "B.A. claimed that someone asked him to re-export the drugs to Saudi Arabia after altering the manufacturing place mentioned on the tag from Syria to China. "He said he successfully received two similar consignments which he kept in his house in Ajman."

The customs inspector who found the drugs testified: "The drugs were hidden in ... a secretive way which makes it difficult to be exposed on the scanner. The drugs were placed inside 33 rolls."

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