Indian mission in UAE urges visitors and workers to refrain from bringing restricted medicines

Abu Dhabi, December 21: Many of the Indians are keen to work in the foreign countries and some of them are very lucky to get this opportunity. However, few can turn unlucky if those Indians carry medicines that are restricted. Notably, Indian missions in the UAE urged all the workers to completely refrain from bringing medicines that are restricted in the UAE.

 

Indian missions in the UAE have urged the other countrymen to completely refrain from bringing medicines that are restricted in the UAE as it attracts detention. Speaking to a gathering of 400 workers, Indian Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Singh Suri urged them to take care of their health, keep their personal documents safe and register themselves on the e-migrate system, which would safeguard them from fraudulent visa agents.

Navdeep Singh Suri while speaking at the Petron Workers Accommodation in Dubai Investment Park said, “Often Indian workers are detained for possession of illegal drugs, especially sleeping pills or painkillers, which don't have a prescription that has been attested by the UAE Embassy in India.”

The Indian ambassador said, The Indian missions have the best interests of all Indian nationals in the UAE, we are here in the service of all Indians."Suri, on the occasion, also stressed that the Indian passport is a very valuable document, and they must keep it close at all times. Indian diplomatic missions visit various workers camps in the UAE every 10-15 days, according to Suri, where issues of labourers are addressed.

He, in the end, also urged them to save the IWRC hotline number 800INDIA (80046342) on their phones and not avail visa services from unauthorized agents. Importantly, the event was organized by Indian Workers Resource Centre (IWRC) and was also attended by officials from the Indian Consulate and social workers.