Sailor caught with 50kg of hashish in trolley

An Iranian sailor was sentenced to ten years in prison for possessing more than 50kg of hashish for sale and for consuming drugs.

QN, 25, was also ordered by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance to pay Dh20,000 as fine and to be deported after serving his jail term.

Dubai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Department received a tip off about an Iranian sailor intending to handover 50kg to a police informer against Dh10,000.

A policeman was assigned to communicate with the dealer and get a sample.

“While communicating with the dealer through the informer, I asked him for a sample. He asked me to go to the public toilet in Anchor 5. I went there and did not saw anyone. I enquired about the dealer’s location. The dealer, who did not appear at the scene, informed that I should pick up a plastic sack near the toilet’s window. I found the sack which I handed over to the department,” said Corporal Juma.

A police officer was assigned to arrest the accused while handing over the drug. The officer accompanied the informer and went to Anchor 5 where the drug was to be handed over.

A man wearing only shorts appeared with a large sack on trolley. When he put the sack inside the car, policemen arrested him.

The accused denied knowing that the sack contained drugs and claimed that a man called Farshad had asked him to hand over a water pump and to collect Dh10,000 in return for the service.
 
The sailor denied smuggling and dealing in drugs when he appeared before the court.
 
He claimed before the jury that he was asked by his captain to deliver a water pump to a car that was near the boat.

The accused also denied taking drugs and said that as he had fallen ill while sailing and a member of the crew had given him some medicine.

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