Court confirms 10-year jail term, BD5,000 fine for drug peddler

TDT | Manama

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A 30-year-old drug peddler has had his 10-year prison term confirmed by the Court of Cassation, rejecting an appeal filed against the verdict. The Court also confirmed a 5,000 dinar fine awarded to the appellant for selling Shabu, hashish and Marijuana in the Kingdom.

Court files say police confiscated the drugs from his home, following a court order. The Public Prosecution charged the suspect with possessing psychoactive drugs such as hashish and methamphetamine to sell. The prosecution also charged him with abuse of hashish and methamphetamine.

Incidents leading to the case occurred with the security authorities receiving a tip-off that a person having prior convictions had obtained narcotic substances.

After confirming the information, the public prosecution issued a warrant to detain him and search his residence. Investigators managed to arrest him red-handed with the help of a confidential source. Police set the trap by calling the suspect through the source and offering to buy Shabu worth BD1000.

The source also offered to pay him in advance, to which the suspect agreed. Unsuspecting the trap set, the suspect arrived in his car as agreed to the meeting place and called the undercover agent to meet him at the parking.

The suspect also handed out two bags of Shabu after taking the money, which the police photographed from another vehicle. After completing the deal, the suspect drove off quickly.

He was then tracked down by the police and arrested near his residence. The police then searched his house and found a black bag with 210 grams of narcotic substances and 32 narcotic medical tablets. The accused, however, denied the charges levelled against him and claimed that the drugs belonged to the confidential source.