UAE Supreme Court rules on drug trafficking case The death sentence of a British citizen has been abolished, while the death sentence of a Pakistani convict has been upheld

 

UAE Supreme Court rules on drug trafficking case The death sentence 

Abu Dhabi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has upheld the death sentence of a Pakistani convict in a drug trafficking case, while upholding the death sentence of a British convict. ۔ The Pakistani and British convicts were arrested along with other Iranians in a 2kg drug case.

In addition to the 54-year-old British man, a 45-year-old Pakistani citizen was also sentenced to death. Police devised a plan to catch the men red-handed, under which a police officer identified himself as a heroin customer. He was arrested at the time of the purchase. Death sentences handed down by lower courts. The British citizen had filed an appeal against the British citizen said, "I was stranded in Oman due to lack of money for a return ticket to the UK. When I contacted a friend in the UK, he told me my urgency. Let me go to Dubai and meet a Pakistani there.

I went to Dubai by bus. Where a friend called me and said that a Pakistani man will give you a packet and a thousand dollars. You have to deliver that packet to one person. A Pakistani man gave me a packet and a thousand dollars after the meeting. I didn't know what was in the packet. When I handed the packet to a third person, he arrested me and told me that it was a police officer who had identified himself as a customer to catch him red-handed.

I am absolutely innocent in this matter. According to the police, after the arrest of the British citizen, a Pakistani citizen and his two Iranian accomplices were also arrested. However, the Iranians were released due to insufficient evidence. The court has announced the abolition of the death sentence on a British citizen and ordered a retrial.