Police, tipped off that F M was going to sell drugs to an informant, issued search and arrest warrants against him on 26 November 2013.[1] Officers gave the informant Dh800 in photographed notes; the informant entered F M’s car, emerged three minutes later signalling the deal was done, and handed police a plastic bag of hashish he had bought.[1] Two bags of hashish were then found in M S’s residence, and M S told police he had got the drugs from M B to sell and earn money.[1]

Indians F M, 19, M A, 24, and M B, 23, denied the charge, while M S, 24, did not appear to enter a plea at the first hearing the previous May.[1] F M was sentenced to six months in jail, M A to four years, and M B and M S to five years each plus a Dh20,000 fine; the report does not explain the difference.[1]