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Truck drivers get 10 years in jail for trying to sell drugs in Dubai

The Court of First Instance ordered that they be deported after completing their jail terms and after paying each Dh 50,000 in fines.

Two truck drivers, who were caught in possession of more than 4 kgs of heroin were sentenced to 10 years in jail.
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The two drivers, both Pakistanis, aged 35 and 28, were arrested on May 15 in Ras Al Khor industrial area.
The Court of First Instance ordered that they be deported after completing their jail terms and after paying each Dh 50,000 in fines.
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"We were tipped off about the first accused possessing a quantity of heroin and was looking for someone to transport it to Kuwait and that he would pay him Dh12,000 for every kilo if he did the job," an anti-narcotics police corporal said.
The corporal went undercover to meet the driver in the Fruit and Vegetables Market in Ras Al Khor. "I asked him whether the drugs belonged to him and he claimed he was just keeping the drugs. He said he picked up the drugs from a man he did not know and that he was following the instructions of someone in Pakistan," the officer said.
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The undercover officer then told him that his truck was not ready yet. "I stalled him for two days to eliminate all suspicions from his side," he told the prosecutor.
At 9:00 pm on May 15, anti-narcotic officers went with the corporal to the Fruit and Vegetables Market.
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"I walked to meet the driver and he led me to the car where he kept a box of heroin. The other accused was with him. When I brought my car and told him to take the box out to load it in my car he told me to do it myself," the corporal said.
The undercover cop noticed the two men were looking around scared and at that moment he gave a signal to the other officers, who were watching from a distance, to raid their car.
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Both men were found to have taken morphine when they gave urine samples for tests, as per the Crime Lab report.
The drugs were confiscated as per the court's order.
The ruling may be appealed.
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