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The UAE’s top court sentenced three Bangladeshi drug dealers to life in prison and ordered their deportation after they were convicted of selling narcotics to a police undercover, newspapers said on Saturday.
Two courts had initially sentenced the three to life in jail, prompting them to appeal the verdict with the Federal Supreme Court (FSC).
A panel of judges on Thursday rejected argument by the three that their confessions earlier were made through a police interpreter who could be biased. It upheld the earlier verdict and also sentenced a fourth defendant to four years in prison for possessing drugs for personal use.
The three were accused of selling 293 gm of hashish to a police undercover for Dh1,500 and all of them confessed to the crime.
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