The Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian man to death for trafficking in heroin. The Asian was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Department and during interrogation confessed to the charges before the Public Prosecution. The offence carries the death penalty under Kuwait’s new narcotics law, according to the report.
In the second case, the court sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen working at the airport security department to 15 years in prison and imposed a 100,000-dinar fine after convicting him of possessing psychotropic substances for trafficking. He was arrested upon arrival at the airport arriving from Egypt with 1,903 narcotic capsules hidden inside children’s candy boxes.
In yet another case, the Court of Cassation sentenced a security officer to four years in prison and fined him 1,000 dinars for drug-related offences. The officer was convicted of possessing hashish for personal consumption with no intent to traffic, as well as possessing methamphetamine and amphetamine for personal use.