Pharmacist held with narcotic pills

Abu Dhabi Police arrested an Arab pharmacist and confiscated hashish and 1,286 narcotic pills from him.

The suspect obtained the drugs illegally from his work place in order to get an additional income.

Colonel Sultan Sawayeh Darmaki, Head of Anti-Narcotics Department, CID, Abu Dhabi Police, said, the department had received an information about a pharmacist who promoted drugs on job.

A team was immediately set up, who kept a close eye on the suspect and caught the 38-year-old JMO red-handed.

A raid at his apartment seized 1,286 narcotic pills, two pieces of hashish weighing 51 grams and a roll of hashish.

He confessed that the drugs belongs to him.