UAE | Crime
Man and woman acquitted of using drugs illegally
A man and his female friend have been acquitted of illegally consuming drugs on grounds of insufficient evidence, a court has ruled.
- By Bassam Za'za', Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 May 9, 2007
Dubai: A man and his female friend have been acquitted of illegally consuming drugs on grounds of insufficient evidence, a court has ruled.
The Dubai Court of First Instance found 32-year-old Emirati S.M. innocent of consuming Tebacon which was prescribed to him as medication.
His 35-year-old Russian friend, M.K., was also cleared of using morphine, codeine and Venoparpital for insufficient evidence.
"The Tebacon drug resulted from the Actifed medicine which he was prescribed to use for treatment," the doctor who wrote the forensic medicine report said.
The national said a policeman fired four shots at his vehicle while he was being chased.
"I have a medical prescription which allows me to use the drug. Besides, a policeman endangered my life and opened fire at my vehicle," claimed S.M. Court records show that the Dubai Police Operations Room received a report that S.M.'s four-wheel drive was shot at during a car chase.
Two police cars chased the national when they noticed his vehicle in Deira. Policemen tried to stop him at a red signal, but he drove off in the opposite direction.
A policeman fired two shots with his pistol at the vehicle, but the suspect continued to Al Hamriya. The chase continued and the same policeman fired two more shots, hitting the front and rear tyres.
Police records, state that S.M. was obliged to stop his four-wheel drive before the tyres burst. M.K. was with him in the car.
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