Dubai: A passenger caught with 18.2 kgs of drugs soaked into his clothes, has been sentenced to seven years in prison, a court heard on Thursday.
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The Nigerian defendant was charged with possessing and smuggling methamphetamines through Dubai Airport.
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According to official records, customs officials suspected the 39-year-old defendant after he began acting suspiciously after his arrival on April 6 this year. When the man’s luggage was searched he became tense, said a custom official.
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“I found a white powder and suspected the clothes to be soaked in drugs,” said the officer.
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Dubai Public Prosecution said the defendant’s coat tested positive for methamphetamines.
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The defendant claimed that a friend gave him the clothes to deliver to someone in Dubai and that he didn’t know drugs were soaked into the fabric.
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He was sentenced to seven years in jail followed by deportation, and fined Dh50,000.