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29 March 2024

Transit passenger with drugs jailed

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By By Eman Al Baik

A transit passenger, who was found carrying drugs while sitting next to a dead passenger on the plane, was jailed for ten years by the Dubai Courts on Sunday.

PO, Nigerian, 29, was also ordered by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance to pay Dh100,000 fine for smuggling drugs. He would be deported after serving his jail sentence.

On April 9 at around 9.30am, the pilot of a plane, which arrived from Brazil at Dubai International Airport, informed police about a dead passenger onboard the plane.

Police officers, who were rushed to the plane after it landed, noticed that the passenger, who was sitting next to the deceased, looked worried and confused.

Police took the Nigerian transit passenger for x-ray examination where it found abnormal material in his digestive organ.

During interrogation, PO admitted to transporting cocaine capsules in his digestive organ.

The passenger was taken to Rashid Hospital where he released 47 capsules that contained a total of 772.11 grammes of cocaine.