DUBAI: An Emirati court has sentenced a Pakistani man to death after convicting him of trafficking four kilograms of heroin in the Gulf country, media reported yesterday.
The defendant, identified only by his initials WA, 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.
Five Taliban die in operations
Kabul: At least five Taliban militants were killed and six others were injured following military operations by Afghan national security forces.
The operations were conducted by Afghan national police in coordination with the Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives during the past 24 hours, according to the Afghan.
Interior ministry of Afghanistan confirmed five militants were killed, six militants were injured and four others were detained during the operations conducted in Herat, Badghis and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan.
Afghan security forces discovered and seized weapons, ammunition and explosives during the military operations, interior ministry said in a statement. AGENCIES
