Criminal Court sentences Asian man to death for heroin trafficking
Death sentence handed to Asian man for heroin charges; security officers imprisoned.
Translated by Alqyas from Al-Anba — Original source
Kuwait officials: A criminal court sentenced an Asian resident to death after he was apprehended by the Anti-Narcotics Administration on charges of trafficking in the narcotic substance heroin. The verdict followed the defendant’s confession before the Public Prosecution to the charges against him, which are punishable by death under the new Narcotics Law.
In a separate case, a criminal court sentenced an airport security employee to 15 years in prison and fined him 100,000 dinars after convicting him of possessing psychoactive substances with intent to traffic, following his arrival from Egypt with 1,903 narcotic capsules hidden inside children’s candy boxes.
In another case, the Court of Cassation sentenced a security guard to four years in prison and fined him 1,000 dinars on charges of possessing cannabis without intent to traffic, consume, or use personally, and possessing methamphetamine and amphetamine with intent to consume.
