A 25-year-old waiter is facing life behind bars after trying to sell 0.16 grams of the stimulant methamphetamine. In a separate case a cleaner also received a lifetime sentence today for attempting to sell 2.6 grams of the same drug. The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance handed down a lifetime sentence on ASH, a Filipino waiter, who was caught trying to sell 0.16 grams of methamphetamine. The court also ordered him to pay a Dh 50,000 fine, and ASH will be deported after serving his sentence. ASH was arrested while he was trying to sell the drug to a woman who was followed by police informants. The incident was video recorded. The woman, a 35-year-old clerk, received a one-year sentence for using drugs, to be followed by deportation. The UAE has a zero tolerance policy on any type of drugs. The penalty for personal possession of any illicit drug could go up to 10 years, and drug trafficking can result in life imprisonment. In a separate case yesterday MM, also received a life time sentence followed by deportation, and a Dh50,000 fine, for attempting to sell 2.66 grams of methamphetamine. MM was arrested after he sold the drug to undercover police for Dh 1,000. He also confessed that he had sold the drug to SHT, a Filipino driver, who bought it for personal use. SHT was fgven a one-year jail sentence followed by deportation for using drugs. Many of the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance's verdict in the past involved life sentences for trafficking a few grams of different type of narcotics. Last July a woman was given a life sentence for attempting to sell five marijuana cigarettes for Dh200. wissa@thenational.ae