Drug runner freed after helping catch trafficker
TDT | Manama
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Spared a long run in jail, an Asian woman caught at Bahrain’s airport with methamphetamine and heroin turned informer, helping police snare a trafficker in an elaborate sting.
Officers had her call the man behind the operation, telling him she had cleared customs without trouble.
Moments after he arrived to collect the stash, officers rushed in.
The High Criminal Court of Appeal ruled that her role in bringing down the smuggling ring outweighed her crime, overturning her sentence.
Meanwhile, the man she led them to had his punishment increased — his 10-year jail term now comes with a BD5,000 fine and a one-way ticket out of Bahrain.
Lawyers Samraa Abdulrahman and Zahra Al Jiser confirmed the ruling.
She had flown in from an Asian country, but her journey took a turn at the X-ray scanner.
Something about her suitcase raised flags, which led officers to send her through the red channel.
She denied carrying anything out of order, but a search turned up carefully wrapped packages hidden in the base of her bag, their leather-like coating helping them blend in. Inside, customs officers found 2,120.12 grams of crystalline substances and 235 grams of powder.
Lab tests later confirmed the stash as methamphetamine and heroin.
Faced with the discovery, she stuck to her story — she had no idea what was inside and was simply told to hand the bag to someone waiting for her outside.
Handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Police, she was given a choice to work with them or face the consequences.
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