Student ‘tricked into eating chocolate brownie laced with hashish’

Police say the Nigerian student was arrested after a tip-off

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DUBAI// A 20-year-old student told the criminal court that she was tricked into eating a chocolate brownie without knowing that it contained hashish.

Nigerian K E is charged with consuming marijuana and with possessing 0.060g of the narcotic.

“My friend gave me chocolate brownie and I ate it but I didnt know it had drugs in it,” said the defendant.

She was arrested at 1.30am on November 4 last year by Emirati policeman K S after a tip-off.

“At her residence at the Dubai Marina, she willingly handed us the drugs,” said K S.

The next hearing will be on February 19.

salamir@thenational.ae