A Ugandan socialite popularly known as Shaniz Kartel was over the weekend arrested by Dubai authorities after she was found in possession of drugs.
In her defense , the socialite claimed that the drugs alleged to be bhang belonged to Samson Kyamaggwa alias DJ Vegas.
According to the renown socialite, she was in her homeland when the disc-jockey asked her to bring back some matooke from home. Little did she know, the package had drugs inside.
Uganda’s Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga, has come into her defense saying that the socialite could have been a victim of circumstances.
“Of course we have to respect the laws of Dubai where she was arrested. Well, she may be a victim of circumstance but we may not rule out the issue of negligence on her side. We want to establish the person whom Vegas sent to bring the consignment to Shaniz before she left Entebbe airport and how this happened without our security discovering there were drugs inside,” he added.
“Through our Anti-narcotic department, we shall go back into the system and check to ascertain who gave in the luggage, who checked it, when and how it left the airport without noticing there was some drugs inside,” he added.
It is alleged that a few years ago, she scooped a deal and won some good money in a jackpot in Bangkok, Thailand, before she relocated to Dubai.
Preliminary investigations show that Kyamaggwa was residing in Turkey before he relocated to Dubai, where he recently got a job at Rock-pool.