Man said he thought he was smuggling sex enhancing pills and not drugs when he was caught at the airport
Dubai: A Pakistani visitor, who claimed he thought he was smuggling sex enhancing pills and not drugs when he was caught at the airport, will spend 10 years behind prison bars.
The Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the 40-year-old Pakistani, F.K., for 10 years and fined him Dh50,000 after he was convicted of smuggling and possessing 108 capsules weighing 898g of heroin.
According to the primary judgement, the accused will be deported following the completion of his punishment.
When the defendant appeared before the court, he argued: “A friend of mine handed me the capsules and asked me to deliver them to another man in Dubai. I thought that I was carrying sex enhancement pills and not drugs. I was not aware that the capsules contained heroin”.
Drugs Prosecution charged F.K. of smuggling and possessing 108 capsules of heroin in his intestines.
“I had no clue that I was carrying a banned substance,” contended F.K. when he defended himself before Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout.
Laxative
An Emirati anti-narcotics policeman said he took the defendant to Rashid Hospital where F.K. was given a laxative to remove the capsules that were in his intestines.
During prosecution questioning, the visitor confessed that he was paid 50,000 Pakistani rupees against swallowing the capsules and smuggling them to his countryman in Dubai.
The primary judgement remains subject to appeal within 12 days.
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