Drug addict cleared of resisting and assaulting cops

dubai — A drug addict has been cleared by a Dubai court of the charge of resisting arrest by antinarcotics police officers for routine drug check-ups.

Prosecutors accused the 20-yearold unemployed man, a Comoros Islands passport holder, of assaulting two on-duty narcotics officers. He allegedly pushed a sergeant and kicked a lieutenant.

Apart from charges of resisting and assaulting officers, he was also accused at the Court of First Instance of using three types of narcotics. His urine sample tested positive for the drugs.

The court acquitted him of the assault charge and referred him to the Court of Misdemeanors on the drug charge.

According to the police sergeant, the incident took place on March 3. “We had information on the defendant. At 9.30am on the incident day, we were compassing Al Wasl area when we spotted the accused whose unbalanced walk raised our suspicions.”

The sergeant added: “We stopped him and told him who we are. As we ordered him to produce an ID, we noticed he was

We had information on the defendant. He was high on drugs. He pushed me and tried to run. Police sergeant, testimony

hardly able to speak and did not even smell like he was drunk. He was clearly high on drugs. He pushed me and tried to run.

“Four other officers from the narcotics division, who were with us on the job, stepped off the car and caught and cuffed him after forcing him down to the ground. A lieutenant was then kicked by him. He still would not go inside the patrol car and kept resisting aggressively.”

The acquittal verdict may still be appealed by the public prosecution.

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