A court dealt leniently with a passenger convicted of smuggling 3.1 kilograms of heroin when it reduced his prison
sentence to a year in jail in view of his young age.
Dubai: A court dealt leniently with a passenger convicted of smuggling 3.1 kilograms of heroin when it reduced his prison sentence to a year in jail in view of his young age [under 21].The Dubai Court of First Instance ordered that the Pakistani defendant, M.A., be jailed for one year and fined him Dh50,000 for possessing the narcotics which he was attempting to smuggle to Bangkok via Dubai International Airport's transit section. Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad ordered that the accused be deported after serving his term.Confession"Yes I am guilty. I brought the heroin from someone in Pakistan and I was...
