UAE | Crime
Man found with expired drug detained
A man found in possession of a medicine containing a mind-altering-substance which expired 13 years ago has been detained for almost two months.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:29 February 24, 2008
Dubai: A man found in possession of a medicine containing a mind-altering-substance which expired 13 years ago has been detained for almost two months.
The 33-year-old Emirati suspect appeared in Dubai Court of Misdemeanour yesterday where he is being tried for consuming 5 pills of Ativan-Iorazepam which contains diazepam.
His lawyer Mohammad Al Redha, of Mohammad Al Redha Advocates and Legal Consultants, told the judge during Sunday's hearing: "Law enforcement officers found in my client's possession medicine which contains a mind-altering substance and which expired in 1994. The substance is unfit for human consumption; besides his urine tested negative for drugs."
The Public Prosecution charged the suspect with possessing five pills of Ativan-Iorazepam, which contains diazepam, for personal use.
He was charged with possessing a mind-altering substance which is included under Federal Penal Law no 14 of 1995 and which was amended by law no 1 of 2005.
Al Redha argued that a doctor prescribed the medicine to his client who was being treated for insomnia and pains in his knee joints since 1994.
A hearing will be held next week.
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