Bahraini imports arms, gets 15-year jail term
Manama
A 25-year-old Bahraini man, who imported weapons and grenades, was slapped with 15 years in prison yesterday before the High Criminal Court. The man, who was convicted of possessing weapons without a license, is said to have decided to arm himself after Bahrain’s 2011 unrest over fears of an imminent Iranian attack.
“I decided to bring arms after the unrest. So I surfed the Internet to find the sources that sell weapons,” the defendant told prosecutors. “I saw a Gulf citizen advertising an arm for sale. I contacted him and later I bought it from him for SR16,000 (BD1600),” he added.
Prosecutors said that police had seized two shotguns, two machine guns, two pistols, a Kalashnikov in addition to over 3,000 live ammunition and grenades in 2014 from the defendant.
The Bahraini national claimed that he had sold a land plot to buy the arms. Prosecutors had charged him with arms possession without a license. He earlier entered a not guilty plea.
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