Dubai: Prosecutors are seeking to implement a life sentence and a Dh200,000 fine against a saleswoman who has been accused of possessing 7gm of methamphetamine for trafficking purposes.
Drug enforcement officers were said to have raided the 25-year-old Filipina saleswoman’s, A.M., residence in Satwa where they seized the banned substance following an informant’s tip off in January.
Records said the Filipina had hidden the methamphetamine inside a cotton wool jar in her bedroom.
Drugs prosecutors accused A.M. of possessing drugs for trafficking purposes and have asked the Dubai Court of First Instance to implement the toughest punishment applicable [life imprisonment and Dh200,000 fine] against her.
When the defendant showed up before presiding judge Urfan Omar in court, she pleaded not guilty and denied any connection to the banned substance.
“The seized substance did not belong to me … it belonged to my friend who shared the same accommodation,” contended A.M.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said the suspect possessed eight nylon sacks that contained the methamphetamine for trafficking purposes.
An antinarcotics policeman claimed to prosecutors that an informant alerted them that the suspect was looking for someone to purchase drugs from her in Satwa.
“According to the tip off, A.M. had been promoting and selling drugs to addicts. We obtained prosecutors’ search and arrest warrant and raided her house. A policewoman did not find any drugs upon searching the Filipina. Then when we searched her house, she guided us to a cotton wool jar that she had put on a shelf … se opened the jar and took out the nylon sacks that contained the banned substance. She was taken into custody directly after that,” he testified.
The suspect was quoted as admitting to prosecutors that she possessed the drug for trafficking purposes. She was also cited as claiming that she had earned the money, that drug enforcement officers seized with her, from selling drugs.
The trial continues.
