5 Ghanaians have been arrested by the Dubai authorities for trafficking marijuana into the Gulf state
Confirming the arrest in a statement, Ghana’s consulate in Dubai warned travelers to the UAE to pay extra attention when accepting parcels to deliver to others there.
The arrest of the five was made between January and March 2021 at the Dubai Airport.
The sad part is that all the parcels containing the weed were given to them by agents in Ghana who acquired the UAE Visa for them, with instructions to them to give the parcels to their counterpart agents in the UAE on arrival
the statement stated
One person has already been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for “probably carrying weed that he was not aware of and weed that someone else would have benefitted from.”