Man jailed for 5 years in Bahrain for smuggling 167 drug capsules in stomach

TDT | Manama                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com   

A drug smuggler, who received five years in jail for attempting to smuggle drugfilled capsules in his stomach to the Kingdom, has had his appeal rejected by the High Appeals Court.

Police had arrested the man, an Asian national, with 167 capsules from the Bahrain International Airport. 

Customs officials said they grew suspicious of the man for he looked unusually nervous during check-in procedures.

“We then removed him to the red lane for further examination and urged him to disclose any illegal items he had, but he denied it.

“His baggage was clean and had nothing suspicious.

Despite denying that he had any illegal items on him, officials became suspicious due to his fatigue and nervousness.

“Hence, we took him to a hospital for a medical examination,” an officer who was present at the time of the arrest told the Court.

X-ray examination, the officer said, confirmed our suspicion, with doctors detecting 167 capsules in his stomach, which were later identified as methamphetamine.

Further investigations also found that the man was part of an international network attempting to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom.

Public Prosecution had charged the man with smuggling drugs into the Kingdom.