Luther, India&China RG11/U-Quad Cables39;s protector general of emigrants.Tramadol is described by the World Health Organisation as a “relatively safe analgesic”, but is banned in various parts of the world. We never had power supply before.The drug is the most common illegal medication smuggled into the UAE where it is widely used by recreational users, according to local media reports. The drug’s illegal trade has led to strict checks and severe punishments, campaigners said. I wire him money now so that he can call us,” she said.Before he left home, his agent gave his new wife a packet of medicines he said Pusula must deliver to his relative in Dubai.”He worked as a coolie and often asked me to send the medicine.”Agents are running the racket and targeting labourers,” said Krishna Donekeni, founder of Gulf Workers Awareness Centre by phone from Dubai.Luther said migrant workers going through government-authorised employment agents are given pre-departure training where they are advised against carrying the banned medicines. He visited India last year when he got married.Officials in India’s foreign ministry said help in drug and alcohol use cases is difficult as UAE has strict laws on them.Pusula was arrested at Dubai airport for carrying half a kilogram of tramadol and convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in prison. (Photo: File | Representational) Jagtial (Telangana): When Lakshmi Motam sent 20 tramadol tablets from her south Indian village to her labourer husband in Dubai, she didn’t realise the pain relief pills would land him in jail.”Most of these people (caught in drug cases) are poor and illiterate. 15. He was crying on the phone the last time we spoke. He is scared,” Donekeni said. They were for his personal use,” Motam said.Motam, whose husband is in a Dubai jail, knows the road ahead is difficult.
Migrant protection officers in India or even immigration officials do not warn workers against carrying this drug,” Vobbiliselty said. He hasn’t seen his child who was born after he left.A spokesperson of the UAE embassy in New Delhi said poor and illiterate migrant workers are entitled to free legal aid.”AWAITING A MIRACLESrinu Pusula spent his childhood grazing sheep and stepped out of his village Tadpakal in Telangana for the first time eight years ago when he boarded a flight to Dubai to work as a labourer.Indian migrant workers in Gulf states put in long hours in the searing heat and then pop painkillers to keep going.”Indian migrant workers in Gulf states, often find themselves in a cycle of poverty and pain – they put in long hours in the searing heat and then pop painkillers to keep going and ensure their wages are not docked.”India is not doing anything for this problem.Donekeni has met Pusula a few times and lobbied officials at the Indian embassy in Dubai about his case.”We built this house with our son’s earnings.Another migrant rights activist, Bhim Reddy, said Pusula is the third person from Jagtial district who has been convicted in a drug case in the last three years. Now we do,” Srinu’s mother Posani Pusala, 55, said. Tramadol, described by the WHO as a safe analgesic, is banned in various parts of the world.Tramadol, a synthetic opioid painkiller that her husband used for his aches and pains, was among nearly 400 drugs the United Arab Emirates banned in 2010 for their addictive nature.LITTLE HOPEVobbiliselty has dealt with at least six cases of Indians arrested for using, selling or possessing tramadol tablets, and seen each case end with a sentence of 7 years to up to 24 years, which is life imprisonment. “He calls once in two months.
They are unskilled and come to UAE with big dreams,” said Anuradha Vobbiliselty, an advocate in Dubai who deals with cases of Indians jailed for carrying the drug. This was the third time I sent the tablets to him.But a sizeable number of workers go through illegal agents and have no idea about the medicines they cannot carry or use.”Before, he would call every day, and # wire money home every few months.”Tramadol is the most common banned drug found on Indians who have sought legal help from me.C.Her only hope now is a mercy petition Indian activists in Dubai will file on Nov.”But our consular officers meet them (those arrested in drug cases) and suggest names of empanelled lawyers to fight their cases in the labour court,” said M. She packed them in his bag and forgot to mention it to her husband..Lured by illegal agents with the promise of a free ticket to Dubai, or a well-paying job, many find themselves smuggling the drugs to the Gulf in their luggage, ignorant of the fact they are breaking the law.Many Indian migrant workers who were caught using or possessing the drug in the Gulf are serving terms in prison.The drug, readily available in India for less than 8 rupees a tablet, last year landed her 35-year-old husband with a 24-year jail sentence.”He is young, and away from his family
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