A woman in Dubai was sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined AED 20,000 after authorities recovered prohibited drugs from her.
The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced the woman after a police case was filed against her last July.
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Authorities found methamphetamine at her home after they received an anonymous tip.
The police had received information that the woman used narcotic drugs and possessed a good quantity of it inside her home in the Al Rigga area.
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When she spoke, she showed signs of drug abuse.
During a search at her home, a transparent plastic bag containing a crystalline substance weighing 70 grams of the narcotic methamphetamine was recovered. (AW)
