Expatriate drug dealer sentenced to five years in jail

Expatriate drug dealer sentenced to five years in jail

Paandu
By Paandu

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian expatriate man to five years in jail and subsequent deportation for drug consumption and dealing in illicit drugs.

Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the court also fined him QR200,000 for the same charges. The Drug Prevention Department of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) had received information that the defendant used to sell and consume illicit amphetamine pills.

Accordingly, an undercover policeman approached him asking for some such pills. The defendant agreed to sell him the pills for a certain sum of money.

At the time and place of the delivery, the defendant brought with him a good number of amphetamine pills and gave them to the undercover policeman in exchange for the agreed some of money. Policemen who were watching the process from a hidden location arrested the suspect as soon as the delivery took place.

Upon further search of his vehicle and accommodation, more pills worth QR25,000 were found. Also, the money given to him by the officer, QR8,000, were found with him. A blood test conducted on the defendant revealed that he had consumed the illicit drug.

Courtesy: gulf-times.com

By Molten Metal• 13 Jul 2016 10:40
Molten Metal

Un-understandable .......... We have milk, fruit & dry fruit .......... why some have to choose a wrong path .......... ? ......................

By muad-db• 13 Jul 2016 06:33
muad-db

Well done to the police and authorities .. Joys

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