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A Filipina in the UAE has been arrested for supplying prohibited drugs to her boyfriend and has been convicted to be jailed for five years and pay AED 20,000. After serving her jail term, the 29 -year-old Filipina will be deported
According to Gulf News’ Bassam Za’za, legal and court correspondent report, the Dubai Court of First Instance found the 29-year-old jobless Filipina guilty of possessing 0.8 gram of methamphetamine, consuming amphetamine and methamphetamine, and enabling her boyfriend to use illegal drugs.
The Filipina and her boyfriend was arrested on May at the former's flat by Dubai authorities, recovered small quantities of methamphetamine hidden on a case of eyewear.
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The alarming cases of Filipinos involved in illegal drugs in the UAE are being closely monitored by the Philippine Embassy. From 2015 to 2016 the number of Filipinos convicted and imprisoned in the UAE s significantly on the rise. Out of the total 146 inmates currently detained at Dubai Central Jail, 66 were convicted for drug-related crimes and are serving life sentences, 12 of which are women. In Sharjah, there are 8 Filipinos in jail for drug offenses.
Most of the Filipinos who were convicted said that the lure of big cash pushed them to drug dealings.
Source: Gulf News
Most of the Filipinos who were convicted said that the lure of big cash pushed them to drug dealings.
Source: Gulf News
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