A court in Dubai sentenced an American woman to 10 years in prison after she was caught trying to smuggle nearly 1.9 kg of cocaine into the country.
Customs authorities at Dubai’s airport decided to search the woman’s bags after they were tipped off that the woman was carrying illegal stuff.
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Newspapers said customs men found the cocaine concealed in the metal handles of the woman’s bags and that she had brought the stuff from an African country.
The report said the court also fined the woman Dh50,000 and ordered her deportation from the country.
