From luxury living to a grim jail cell, Waseem Khan’s Dubai dream has turned into a nightmare after being implicated in an alleged drug deal.
A British crypto investor is staring down the barrel of a possible 25-year prison sentence in Dubai, having been implicated in an alleged drug deal.
Waseem Khan, 22, found himself in trouble after police stormed his upscale apartment on September 4th, following a series of transactions that landed him in hot water.
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The millionaire, who has already forked over $38,000 for legal costs, recounts being held for over two months in the dreaded Al Barsha jail, dubbed a ‘hell hole” packed with 200 other detainees, before securing bail release.
According to Waseem, the nightmare began when he wired $5,700 back to a friend in the UK, only for that friend to coordinate a man in Dubai to hand him approximately 15,000 dirhams as part of a shopping agreement.
However, mere hours after receiving the money from the stranger at his residence, the police swung into action, barging in and slapping the cuffs on him.
Charged with engaging in drug activities and manipulating crime proceeds, Waseem maintains his innocence against the allegations.
Now facing the harsh potentiality of a quarter-century behind bars, the maximum penalty for drug dealing in DubaiWaseem is barred from exiting the UAE pending his upcoming court date.
Reflecting on the grim period spent in lockup pre-bail, he related: “It was like a hellhole prison. It was the sort of thing you see in the movies.”
“There were killers, rapists and drug lords – people who had done nasty, nasty crimes. There were some of the worst people in the world in there.”
“Every day there were people picking on you. The living conditions were horrible.”
“If there were small problems, you’d have to fight over it. There were a number of times were I came close to nearly physically fighting people.”
“There was awful food, cold showers, the toilets were mouldy, it just stunk. The phones were awful and the prison guards were awful as well.”
“I didn’t even think I’d get out, just because of how bad my luck was in there.”
Waseem relocated to Dubai a few years back, where he purchased a fourth-floor apartment in the upscale Jumeirah Village Circle.
Source: https://www.the-express.com/news/uk-news/156032/british-crypto-millionaire-dubai-jail
