The Dubai Courts has formed a new circuit for hearing cases only related to taking and possessing drugs.
Judge Aad Ahmad is the president of the three-member jury comprising judges Omar Abdul Aziz and Salem Mohammed Al Qaidi.
In its first session on Sunday, the court heard 37 cases of 46 accused of taking and possessing drugs.
The court did not hear any case related to drug trade accusation.
The 46 accused included 14 Emiratis, nine Iranians, six Pakistanis, three Omanis, three Egyptians, two Saudis, two from Burundi, and one each from Kazakhstan, India, Afghanistan, the UK, Bangladesh, Palestine and Jordan.
The specialised circuit which began on Monday will run for two weeks on an experimental phase and if successful, it will continue hearing only these accusations, Emirates 24|7 has learnt.