The tourist arrived in the UAE in transit, en route from a South Asian country. According to the news agency, 877 tablets of prescription-only medicines were found in the Russian tourist's hand luggage. After the tablets were discovered, the tourist attempted to bribe a police officer, for which she was detained. The customs officers were particularly suspicious of the large quantity of medication for such a short trip. According to the news agency, the Russian woman claimed that she was carrying all these tablets for herself and hid them because she wanted to conceal her illness from her mother.
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