UAE to deport Pakistan paceman Asif

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

DUBAI (AFP) — Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif will soon be deported from the United Arab Emirates after Dubai Public prosecutors dropped drug possession charges against him, an official said Thursday.

The 25-year-old fast bowler was seized at Dubai airport on June 1 on charges of possessing an illegal drug while returning home from India after featuring in a domestic tournament.

"The case has been dropped against Mohammad Asif due to insignificance ... he will be deported as soon as the police finalise the procedures," said Thursday Mohammad Al Nuaimi, the public prosecutor who handled Asif's case, according to the online version of the local daily Gulf News.

"It is definite that he committed the crime of smuggling and possessing 0.24 grams of opium as he was...

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