08/01/2026
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08/01/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 8: The Criminal Court has issued severe sentences against several defendants in separate drug trafficking and consumption cases. An Afghan drug dealer has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being caught in a sting operation by the Drug Control General Department (DCGD) while attempting to sell heroin to an undercover agent. A Bangladeshi drug dealer received a life sentence after being found in possession of narcotics, including heroin and hashish. In another case, an Afghan drug dealer was sentenced to life imprisonment after being apprehended in Hawally with significant quantities of heroin and other intoxicants.
A Filipino defendant was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being caught in Salmiya with hashish and other intoxicants. In a separate case, a citizen employed at a government ministry and a doctor were each sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined KD 10,000 after being convicted of trafficking and using hashish, cocaine, and other intoxicants. They were arrested during a well-planned ambush conducted by DCGD officers in Surra and Siddiq.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies