Dubai has handed a 10-year jail sentence to a Nigerian caught with 100 capsules of cocaine in his stomach.
According to Khaleej Times, Dubai’s largest newspaper, the suspect, 42, was caught at the Dubai International Airport on April 17.
A policeman who entered the operation room narrated how doctors operated on him to retrieve the drugs from the culprit’s stomach.
“I was assigned to stand guard on the accused at the hospital. He had just been referred by the airport police officers after he was suspected of smuggling capsules containing drugs in his stomach,” he said.
“As many as 100 capsules containing drugs were found. I seized and handed them over to the anti-narcotics department.”
The court convicted him of smuggling drugs via transit, and ordered him to pay Dh100,000 worth of fine.
The sentencing will be followed by deportation, the court ruled, and ordered confiscation of the drugs.
According to a report from the General Directorate of Criminal Evidence, the 100 capsules seized from the accused contained cocaine and weighed 1.9 kgs.
The verdict has been appealed.
