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29 March 2024

UAE flag used as cover by booze peddlers

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Two held in Sharjah for trading in liquor

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The  Sharjah police have arrested two Indian men who used the occasion of National Day to adorn their car with the UAE flags and load it with liquor to sell their stuff in the emirate, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip off, police seized the liquor-laden car and the two dealers in Sharjah’s industrial area, where they were selling alcoholic drinks to many people, the Dubai-based Emarat Alyoum Arabic language daily said.

“They took advantage of the national day celebrations and decorated their car with the UAE flags and mottos in a bid to detract police attention,” it said, adding that police seized a large quantity of liquor inside the car.

Alcohol is banned in Sharjah but non-Muslims have access to such drinks in other emirates of the UAE.

 

“Mail” drug dealer gets 10 years in Fujairah


A court in Fujairah sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into the UAE inside a posted parcel.

The court also fined the defendant, identified as SA, Dh50,000 and ordered his deportation from the UAE after serving his jail sentence.

Police had seized the man just as he was leaving the local post office with the narcotics concealed inside a parcel, which he confessed to have been sent by his brother in an Asian country.

Abu Dhabi police seize two Arabs with 20,000 banned Tramadol tablets

A criminal court in Abu Dhabi sentenced two Arab men to life in prison and fined them Dh50,000 after they were convicted of possessing nearly 20,000 banned Tramadol pain-killer pills, press reports said on Wednesday.

The court also sentenced the two to four years in prison for having narcotics and ordered their deportation from the UAE after serving their jail term.

A third defendant was fined Dh2,000 for having Tramadol without prescription and the court took into consideration his need for the pills due to illness.

“Police caught the third defendant after tests showed he had Tramadol…he led them to the two other defendants…after searching their house, police found nearly 20,000 Tramadol pills,” Alittihad Arabic language daily said.