DUBAI // A Chinese tourist assaulted a police officer who tried to arrest him for selling drugs, a court has heard
Prosecutors said that D S, 30, was arrested on December 29 last year at a hotel in Al Raffa after a tip-off.
Police lieutenant T M, 34, told the court: “During the arrest he assaulted officer Y A, causing him hand injuries, but we managed to restrain him eventually and take him into custody.”
Police said he admitted was working for a woman, M S, 50, who collected all the proceeds from the drugs sales.
“We found him hiding some of the drugs in his pocket and the remainder in his underwear,” said the policeman.
He co-operated with police and arranged a meeting with his boss the day after his arrest.
“They met near Al Futtaim Mosque in the Naif area where we arrested M S,” the officer said.
She denied knowing anything about the drugs, claiming she met D S to lend him some money.
Both Chinese defendants were charged with possessing 16.3 grams of methamphetamine for sale.
He was also charged with resisting police, assaulting a police officer and using drugs.
At Dubai Criminal Court on Monday, the defendants could not offer their pleas because there was no translator.
The next hearing has been scheduled for September 2.
salamir@thenational.ae
