Dubai: Three employees admitted consuming drugs and asked a court yesterday to sentence them quickly so their dependent families could start benefiting from aids rendered by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Prosecutors accused the three Emirati employees, 39-year-old R.K., 33-year-old S.S. and 38-year-old M.J., of consuming different kinds of drugs such as morphine, codeine, heroin, cocaine and others.

“We are guilty. We all confess that we committed such a huge mistake. We ask for God’s forgiveness. Sir, we all have families… and we are the sole source of income to our families. We want to be sentenced swiftly so our families could benefit from the aid that are provided to families by the Ministry of Social Affairs,” said M.J. when he addressed the Dubai Court of First Instance.

According to the charge sheet, R.K. was charged with possessing a dark rigid piece weighing 0.04 grams that contained heroin, diazepam and veno parpetal and four pills of clonazepam and tramadol. He was also accused of consuming morphine, cocaine and codeine and other kinds of drugs.

S.S. was accused of consuming morphine, cocaine and codeine.

Meanwhile M.J. was charged with possessing promazepam and tramadol pills and consuming morphine, cocaine and codeine.

Entering a plea before Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad and speaking on behalf of all the suspects, M.J. said: “We ask for forgiveness and regret the mistake that we did. We are seeking a lenient judgment.”

The defendants were referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department after customs officers prevented them from travelling to Oman, through Hatta boarder, because there were travel bans on R.K. and S.S.

“When the defendants reached the boarder point, we prevented R.K. and S.S. from continuing their way due to the travel ban. We did not find any banned substance when we searched them. However we found different forms of drugs when we searched their car. We also found a used drug syringe in a can of Red Bull. We also found other drugs and drug equipment in one of the handbags. The suspects admitted that the drugs belonged to them,” an Emirati customs inspector claimed to prosecutors.

Prosecution records said spoons that are usually used by addicts were also found in the suspects’ possession.

A judgment will be heard on Monday.