DUBAI: Emirati women get jail terms for resisting raid, insulting cop!

• A 50-year-old policewoman, who was part of the cops that went to that villa on the incident day, said they were verbally abused.

A 73-year-old Emirati woman was cleared of the charges of physically assaulting and insulting on-duty anti-narcotics police officers during a villa raid. Her two daughters, both housewives, were sentenced to five and three years in jail on the same charges.

The elderly woman, on a wheelchair, and her two daughters, aged 38 and 31, had pleaded not guilty earlier to the charges in court.

The Court of First Instance also fined the daughters Dh20,000 each.The incident took place on November 14, 2015, in Al Barsha.

"We had a warrant to search and arrest a suspect for possession and use of drugs in a villa in Al Barsha. The suspect's sister, 38, opened for us and we told her the reason of our visit was to apprehend the suspect while showing her the prosecution warrant. As soon as she told the other family members, the mother came and screamed at me and slapped me," an anti-narcotics police lieutenant said.

"The sister, 31, then pushed me and tried to stop me from entering. We spotted the suspect trying to sneak out, but we managed to stop and arrest him. His mother and sisters kept shouting and trying to stop us from conducting the search.

"The 38-year-old sister said she would claim we did not have a warrant and that we entered while they were not properly dressed. We called a back-up patrol car and filed a criminal complaint later at Al Barsha Police Station."

A 50-year-old policewoman, who was part of the cops that went to that villa on the incident day, said they were verbally abused.

Another police lieutenant and a cop gave similar testimonies during the investigation. The verdict has been appealed.