Trio Jailed for drugs abuse, peddling

The First High Criminal Court this week awarded three men, jail terms varying between 5 years and six months, on charges of drug peddling and narcotics abuse.

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The Court also ordered them to pay fines varying from BD100 to BD3,000. According to court files, the men were arrested from an apartment in Juffair following a raid by Anti-Narcotics Department in the Interior Ministry. The squad also seized undisclosed quantities of methamphetamine, a drug that’s commonly known as Shabu, sensitive scales and money from the apartment belonging to one of the suspects. Urine and blood tests of the trio indicated the presence of Shabu and Hashish.

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The first suspect confessed during interrogation that he frequently bought large quantities of Shabu from a GCC national. A significant portion of these drugs, the suspect said, was then resold to his Russian girlfriend, her friends, a couple of Bahrainis and his friends.

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 The man also confessed that he had been selling drugs for the past five months. The Public Prosecution accused the first defendant of possessing and selling narcotics, while the second and third defendants were charged with drugs abuse and possession.

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The First High Criminal Court awarded the first defendant five years in jail and a fine of BD3,000. The second defendant received a jail term of one year and a fine of BD1,000 for abusing Hashish, while the third man got a lesser punishment of six months imprisonment and a fine of BD100 for abusing narcotics.