Researchers Hired By Kuwaiti Prisons To Treat Addicts Caught Peddling Drugs To Prisoners

According to Al Qabas newspaper, a Kuwaiti research psychologist has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 6,000 dinars (Dh71,812 or $19,550) after finding guilty of four charges, including drug smuggling into the central prison where he treated prisoners suffering from addiction.

The accused was caught hiding psychotropic pills and other narcotics. An investigation revealed that he had been using his position to introduce poison to prisoners instead of treating them. The court, presided over by Counsellor Abdullah Al Othman, found the accused guilty of betraying the trust placed in him and putting the lives of prisoners in danger.

He was found guilty of four charges and acquitted of one charge of receiving a bribe since it was not proven. For four other charges, he will serve seven years in prison and pay 6,000 dinars in fines.

Kuwaiti authorities have pledged to investigate how the accused was able to sneak drugs into the prison undetected after the case shocked the Kuwaiti community.

This is not the first case of officials trying to smuggle drug into prison. Last June, a military guard at a central prison in Kuwait has been apprehended on suspicion of smuggling drugs and mobile phones to inmates.

The suspect was allegedly involved in smuggling banned items to prisoners in return for big sums of money, Al Anba reported at the time, citing a security source.

“The man took advantage of his job in escorting sick inmates at the Central Prison to and from hospitals in smuggling drugs and mobile phones and exploiting his military capacity to personally bring in these prohibited items,” the paper said.

Some inmates, caught with the stuff, admitted to the involvement of the guard who stayed away from the workplace after learning that his misconduct had been unmasked, the paper added.

Unlicensed firearms were found in the suspect's apartment after he was arrested.

 

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