Two Drug Dealers Sentenced to Death by Abu Dhabi Criminal Court

The Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi has sentenced two Filipino nationals to death for the crime of possession and dealing in narcotics and psychotropic substances, and ordered the confiscation and destruction of the seized products, confiscation of the telephones sets and all objects used in the commission of the crime, as well as the proceeds of the drug trafficking.

The two accused engaged in the criminal activity of drug and psychotropic substances dealing for the account of drug dealers acting from abroad, in exchange for money. The two convicts received large quantities of drugs which were beforehand deposited in uninhabited places whose location coordinates are communicated to them to take receipt of them. The products are then sorted, divided, packaged, and distributed in the places they deem appropriate, and whose coordinates and photos are transmitted to the dealer, who in turn forwards them to the drug addicts who seek to obtain the said products by communicating via “WhatsApp“.

The police investigations proved the facts and the case was referred to the Abu Dhabi Public Prosecution and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the suspects and a search of their homes. The police force that arrested the suspects and searched their residences found a suspicious crystalline substance that proved following analysis to be a prohibited psychotropic substance. The police officers also found the telephone devices used by the two accused to sell the drugs via social media.