Pakistani origin fined Dh10,000 in possession of drugs and selling it via WhatsApp
A man, who sold drugs using WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay a Dh10,000 fine by a Dubai court.
The Court of First Instance found the 41-year-old Pakistani origin driver, guilty of peddling drugs by sending WhatsApp messages.. The court has also ordered issued an order of his deportation.
The arrest was made on December 26, 2017, in Al Muraqqabat area. "We had a reliable source tipping us off that the accused was taking and possessing drugs for peddling at his place in Al Waheeda," a lieutenant with the Dubai Police anti-narcotics division said.
"We raided his place and he was found with an amount of Dh16,950 in his pocket, which we suspected he made from selling drugs."
The accused claimed to the police that the money was from selling his car while he was detained at the central jail about three weeks earlier.
"However, our criminal database showed that he got released from jail on May 27, 2017. He became tense when confronted with that information and acted elusively."
"Our information was that he used social media to sell drugs. He was referred to the general directorate of criminal evidence for drug tests."
Apart from retrieving voice notes, in which uncommon words were used, most probably to purchase drugs, in addition to that photographs of suspected drugs were found in the defendant's mobile phone which was examined by the forensics team in Dubai.
Furthermore, as per the lab report, the driver's urine samples were tested positive for traces of morphine and codeine.
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