Smuggling drugs: Life imprisonment for man
Manama : The Supreme Appeals Court has upheld the life imprisonment of a Pakistani man convicted of attempting to smuggle two kilograms of heroine in a pair of slippers.
The defendant is said to have stashed the illicit drug in a pair of slippers that he was wearing and a back bag. He was nabbed at the Bahrain International Airport in May 2015 while he was trying to enter the Kingdom.
Court files say the defendant was coming from Karachi. He was reportedly spotted by a customs officer who felt suspicious of him.
“When I saw the slippers they were looking higher than normal. So I referred him for inspection. My colleague examined his luggage and belongings by the x-ray machine, and found abnormal objects stashed in his slippers as well as back bag,” the officer told prosecutors.
“The total weight of the seized heroine was almost two kilo grams,” he added.
The defendant also failed a drug test, as his saliva was found to be containing hashish. The Pakistani admitted to consuming hashish as well. He was fined earlier BD5000, and he will be deported once he completes his jail time.
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