KUWAIT CITY, Dec 19: A Misdemeanor Court, presided over by consultant Adel Al-Saqer discharged and acquitted two Egyptian expatriates, and withheld judgment against a third accused in a case filed against them by the Public Prosecuting, accusing them of consuming and trafficking in hashish.
The prosecution officer informed the court that his investigation revealed the first person possessed a certain quantity of the illicit drug for sale, so he sought an arrest warrant for the same. He explained that an undercover agent struck a deal with the defendant to buy KD 30 worth of hashish.
The lawyer stressed that the detective used marked notes for the deal and the officer only arrested the defendant after completing the transaction.
He continued that the officers found the marked notes with the first defendant during the arrest, and affirmed that he confessed to his crime, after which he led the officials to the second involved.
Upon reaching the residence of the second defendant, the officers found some quantities of illicit drugs and cigarette-rolling materials.
The second defendant also claimed that he was only consuming the items, naming the third defendant as the supplier, who said he had smuggled the drugs from his country while returning from a vacation.
In a turn of events, the three defendants then pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying they signed the documents under duress and torture.
The leading counsel to the second defendant Ali Al-Ali agitated that the claim about the confession of the first defendant was fake. He argued that the first defendant made his confession due to psychological and physical torture and urged the presiding judge to close the case due to insufficient evidence to indict his client.