Gallows for three Indians, woman in drug trafficking

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KUWAIT CITY, June 28: The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Ali Diran has upheld the verdict of the lower court and sentenced three Indians and a Sri Lankan woman to death by hanging for trafficking in drugs. According to case papers, the sentences were issued by the Criminal Court in March 2016 against the people identified only as F.M., M.H. and A.B. – all believed to be from the south Indian state of Kerala, and the Sri Lankan identified only as S.B.

The case papers indicate one of the suspects was caught at the Kuwait International Airport in 2015 while attempting to smuggle heroin into the country and during interrogations he gave the names of his accomplices who were subsequently picked up from their hideout in Jleeb Al- Shuyoukh.

During interrogation all the four had admitted to the charge related to smuggling heroin, possessing and selling drugs in the country. According to Kuwait laws, an accused has to be proven guilty three times at three different trials — the Criminal Court, the Court of Appeals and the Cassation Court and even then the capital punishment will not be executed unless the highest authority in the country ratifies the sentence.

Deadly drugs seized: Personnel from the General Department for Drugs Control have referred three expatriates — two Arabs and an Asian — to the Public Prosecution for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Anba daily. A security source said the Asian was caught in possession of the latest and deadly drug called ‘yaba’ in the local market and the Arabs were found in possession of 60 grams of shabu.

The Arabs were caught after police were tipped off about their activity. Police have confiscated quantities of shabu from the homes of both men. The source added the Asian was caught after the police set a trap for him and caught him red-handed while selling 6 grams of yaba to a police agent for KD 90. Police then raided the man’s home at an unidentified location and seized 250 grams of meth. ‘Yaba’ is known in Asia as the ‘madness drug’ and in the West as ‘Nazi speed’, a highly addictive mix of methamphetamine and caffeine first developed by Hitler’s scientists to keep soldiers fighting for days.

Man stabbed, dumped: A person believed to have been stabbed, beaten and dumped near a traffic signal in Mubarak Al-Kabeer area was referred to Adan Hospital by a passerby. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, says Al- Seyassah. Security sources said the passerby saw the victim lying on the roadside bleeding profusely from the head and referred him to Adan Hospital for medical care before notifying security operatives about the incident. Detectives are waiting for the victim’s condition to improve to hear his side of the story. A case was registered. Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi man filed a case with officers at Jleeb Shuyoukh police station against a person who physically assaulted him in front of a grocery during a quarrel.

Flesh traders nabbed: During a security check in Farwaniya police have arrested five Asian prostitutes and five men — four Asians and an Arab — who had gone to seek fl esh pleasure, reports Al-Anba daily. All of them have been referred to the concerned authorities to prepare their deportation from the country. Police have also arrested an expatriate for attempting to escape during the police check. He was chased and arrested and police found in his car 82 bottles of locally-manufactured booze.

Cash stolen from car: Police are looking for an unidentified burglar for breaking into the car of a Kuwaiti man which was parked in front of his house under construction and escaped with KD 4,000, reports Al-Rai daily.

By Paul Francis X. Fernandes Arab Times Staff and Agencies

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