The Sunday ruling by the Dubai court of first instance is subject to appeal within 15 days. PHOTO: FILE
The defendant, identified only by his initials W A, was arrested in a sting operation when a police officer posed as a client willing to buy the drugs for 100,000 dirhams last May, Gulf News daily reported.
The 30-year-old Pakistani was "found guilty of possessing and trafficking heroin," the Dubai-based paper reported.
It quoted court records as saying that the defendant had smuggled the heroin in bandages he wore on his legs when he arrived in the emirate of Sharjah.
The Sunday ruling by the Dubai court of first instance is subject to appeal within 15 days.
Executions are rare in the United Arab Emirates, where death sentences are typically commuted to life in prison.
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Proud Ummah!!!
after a week now Indian trolls got some thing to say Still feeling hurt by the Asia cup defeat?:D
in another news, pakistanis were worried that the baloch call for UN intervention (to find missing balochis) will tarnish image of Pakistan.
Now this shining news of drug & hanging has actually enhanced pakistan image in world. good going pakistan, pls polish your image more and more news of drug smuggling, blasts, OBL, Polio, burning of AOL etc. hehehe
pakistanis .... so proud ;)