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Kuwait Court Sentences Two Kuwaitis to Life in Prison for Drug Trafficking

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27/10/2026

publish time

27/10/2026

Kuwait Court Sentences Two Kuwaitis to Life in Prison for Drug Trafficking
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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Criminal Court has sentenced two Kuwaiti citizens to life imprisonment and fined each KD 100,000 for drug trafficking and smuggling narcotics by sea.

The court also sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen and a stateless resident (Bedoun) to 15 years in prison each and fined each KD 100,000 in connection with the case.

The suspects were arrested in an operation involving the General Department for Drug Control and the Coast Guard.

The verdict was issued by a court presided over by Judge Hamad Al-Wazzan, with Judges Abdulaziz Al-Nimsh, Ahmed Nour Al-Huda and Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi, and court secretary Yousef Al-Shayji.