December 2018
1 report. Sentences 1
Bahrain hands down its first death sentences for hashish trafficking
On 31 December 2018 the First High Criminal Court sentenced two of seven defendants to death for possessing, cultivating, smuggling and dealing in drugs; more than 18.5 kg of hashish was involved, and each was fined BHD10,000. It was the first time Bahraini courts imposed death for a non-lethal drug offence.