Asian on trial for trying to smuggle 640g of heroin through Dubai Airport
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Staff Reporter
The Dubai Public Prosecution referred an Asian visitor to criminal court for attempting to smuggle 640g of heroin through Dubai Airport.
The case dates back to last September, when a customs officer at the Airport suspected defendant and asked him to undergo a bag search.
Nothing was found inside the defendant’s bags, but when he was asked to undergo a body scanner, a quantity of an unknown substance was seen inside his body.
Official records reveal that he was transferred to the concerned authorities to identify the substance, which was found to be 70 capsules of heroin weighing 640g.
Rumours can at times travel faster than the wind, and with the use of social media platforms, the cannon can go off even quicker. In the UAE, such triggers are spotted and quashed in the beginning itself. We take a look at rumour-mongers, the psychology behind it and impact of rumours, the rules in the UAE and how they are quashed.
A rumour case study in UAE
In 2017, a video that circulated through WhatsApp in the UAE was a rumour about plastic rice allegedly sold in Dubai market.
The rumour claimed that a particular country was responsible for manufacturing the plastic rice. The rumor went on to claim that the rice was exported to other countries and consumed by people who were unaware of what they were actually eating. The false report also claimed that the “rice” was made by mixing potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic. The potatoes, according to the rumour, were formed into the shape of rice grains and industrial synthetic resins were added to the mix. The rice reportedly r
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Dubai: Seven steal Dh125,000 from bank customer on street
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Victim was carrying money, passport, 4 cheque books in hand bag in Bur Dubai.
Seven people were arrested in Dubai for assaulting and stealing more than Dh125,000 from a bank customer on a public road.
The incident took place in January 2020 when the Asian victim, who works for a company, was at a bank in Nadd Al Hamar area to withdraw money from the company account.
After the 50-year-old man withdrew Dh110,000 and put it in his hand bag that already contained Dh15,000, along with his passport, 4 cheque books and his mobile phone, he drove to Al Shindagha area. When he alighted after parking his car, he was suddenly attacked by two Africans, who assaulted him and pinned him to the ground before snatching the hand bag that contained the money.