DUBAI: A visitor who visited Dubai was allegedly said to have 80 capsules of heroine inside his intestines which was found by a special scanning device at airport. There was 960 grams of drugs in his belly.
A customs inspector was said to have caught the 25-year-old Afghan visitor, M.A., after a special detecting device showed he was carrying the capsules inside his body at Dubai International Airport in October.
Prosecutors accused M.A. with smuggling and possessing 960g of heroin with the intent to promote them in the UAE.
Jail wardens did not bring the defendant from the detention centre before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to be prosecuted on Wednesday.
The customs inspector testified to prosecutors he suspected something fishy when M.A. reached the arrival terminal.
“The defendant arrived from his country sometime in the afternoon. I accompanied him to a private search room where I had him go through the special scanner. The results showed some strange objects inside his intestines.
No banned substances were found with him or in his luggage upon searching. When I escorted him to the washroom he was made to extract 33 capsules. When asked about the findings, he claimed he did know about the contents.
However he alleged that his countryman gave it to him and asked him to deliver it to someone in Dubai,” the inspector told prosecutors.
Presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi adjourned the hearing until the defendant is brought from his detention on January 21.
