UAE sentences Israeli woman to death over half-kilo of cocaine

An Israeli girl, Fida Kiwan, was sentenced to demise Tuesday in Dubai after she was convicted of possessing half a kilogram of cocaine.

The Overseas Ministry stated that “the case is understood and we’re dealing with it by the consular service and our representatives within the Emirates.”

Kiwan, a 43-year-old Haifa resident who owns a images studio, reportedly got here to Dubai for work on the invitation of a Palestinian acquaintance a 12 months in the past. She was arrested a short time later, on March 17, 2021, after a search of her residence turned up the medicine, the Ynet information website reported. She has claimed that the medicine weren’t hers, and her native lawyer is predicted to attraction the choice.

Officers with data of the case informed The Occasions of Israel that they anticipate the sentence to be decreased to an extended jail time period upon attraction.

The United Arab Emirates is understood for its strict anti-drug legal guidelines, with these convicted of drug trafficking going through a potential demise sentence. Nonetheless, the demise sentences usually are not rigorously enforced in lots of circumstances and are usually transformed into heavy jail sentences.

This was not the primary time that the UAE has made a notable drug bust of an Israeli. In October 2021, it was reported that an Israeli man — Halil Dasuki, 31, from Lod — was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of involvement in a scheme to smuggle half a ton of cocaine into the UAE and from there to Israel.

On the time, Emirati police stated they foiled the smuggling try after receiving a tip a few cargo container carrying the contraband by a seaport. They famous {that a} suspect of “Center Japanese origin” was arrested within the operation, and he was described as an middleman for a global drug syndicate.

Police show a brick of cocaine seized within the United Arab Emirates. (Screenshot/Walla)

Israel and the United Arab Emirates normalized ties in 2020 once they signed the US-brokered Abraham Accords, together with Bahrain. The UAE has since grow to be a preferred vacationer and enterprise vacation spot for Israelis and tens of 1000’s have visited the Emirates.

Lazar Berman contributed to this report.

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