Dubai: A man has been accused of possessing 63kg of methamphetamines with a trafficking motive after drug enforcement officers found the contraband in his car after chasing him down.

Acting upon an informant’s tip-off, drug enforcement officers were said to have been keeping a watch on the 29-year-old Saudi man, who attempted to speed off upon noticing a police car ahead of him in January.

According to records, the suspect didn’t slow down until he reached Damascus Road and encountered traffic congestion. He then jumped out of his vehicle and ran away.

Drug officers chased down the 29-year-old man before restraining him and foiling his attempt to escape.

Prior to his arrest, the Saudi was said to have rammed his vehicle into a police car that had been part of the chase when a policeman cut him off to prevent him from getting away.

When drug enforcement officers searched the man’s vehicle, they found three huge bags that contained nearly 368,000 pills of methamphetamines.

Prosecutors accused the suspect of possessing methamphetamine for trafficking purposes.

The suspect pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Thursday.

He claimed that he had no intention of trafficking the drugs.

An anti-narcotics police major testified before prosecutors that an informant alerted them that the suspect was present in Ras Al Khor area.

“The suspect was believed to be an active member of a notorious drug gang and that he possessed a huge amount of methamphetamine pills for trafficking purposes. We obtained prosecutors’ warrant to arrest and search him; later the informant alerted us again that the suspect had moved to Damascus Road. We headed to that area and spotted the man’s sports utility vehicle in front of a restaurant, we called for back-up.

“The Saudi drove off and rammed into the back-up car once he spotted us. We chased him in our cars until he ran into traffic congestion; the suspect jumped out of his car and ran away. We chased him on foot and apprehended him. Upon searching his vehicle, we found three bags filled with methamphetamine pills — at first he claimed that the bags were full of mobiles,” the officer testified.

A ruling will be heard on April 10.