Court Of Appeals Sentenced An Egyptian To Prison For Possession Of Drugs

The Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of the First Instance Court that sentenced an Egyptian to five years in prison with hard labor for the possession of an undisclosed quantity of Amphetamine, Tramadol and hashish for trading. The higher court refrained from imposing a sentence on the accused and allowed him to post bail of KD 200 for the possession of Amphetamine and Tramadol for trading while he was acquitted of trading in hashish. An officer at the Drug Control General Department told the court that when he arrested two persons in front of a shopping mall for the possession of drugs, he asked them to disclose the identity of their supplier. They later guided him to the supplier’s whereabouts. According to the officer, he and a team of other securitymen raided the house of the supplier where they found two bars of a dark brown material and some money. The officer said the accused admitted that the items belong to him. Attorney Ena’am Haidar, who defended the accused in court, questioned the search and arrest procedures while pointing out her client was not caught red handed. She also pinpointed contradictions in the descriptions of the confiscated items and those mentioned in the report of the Criminal Evidence Department.

 

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

 

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