'Criminal Court' Sentences Asian Expat to Death for Heroin Trafficking
Alqyas summary
The Criminal Court sentenced an Asian national to death after convicting him of heroin trafficking.
Translated by Alqyas from Al-Seyassah — Original source
The Criminal Court, presided over by Advisor Salem Al-Awsaji and with the participation of judges Hussein Al-Darwish and Talal Al-Rashidi, sentenced an Asian migrant to death after convicting him of trafficking the narcotic drug heroin.
The defendant had previously confessed before the Public Prosecution to the charges against him, which are punishable by death under Kuwaiti law.
He was earlier apprehended by the General Administration for Combating Narcotics.