An Afghan appeal court sentenced 30 drug smugglers to between one and 16 years in prison.[1] The Counter-Narcotics Justice Center (CNJC), the centre that houses Afghanistan’s special narcotics courts, said in a statement that the 30 had been charged in 25 drug-smuggling cases.[1] The CNJC said a primary court had convicted the smugglers before the appeal court passed sentence.[1] The cases against the 30 involved 427 kilograms of hashish, the cannabis component recorded here.[1] The same cases also involved more than 24 kilograms of heroin, more than 29 kilograms of morphine, more than 17 kilograms of other drugs and 823 kilograms of tablet-K, a synthetic opioid tablet.[1]
Afghan appeal court jails 30 drug smugglers for up to 16 years; 427 kg of hashish seized
An Afghan appeal court sentenced 30 drug smugglers to one to 16 years in prison in 25 cases decided by the Counter-Narcotics Justice Center in Kabul. The cases involved 427 kilograms of hashish alongside heroin, morphine and 823 kilograms of tablet-K.
🇦🇫 Kabul, Afghanistan
- Charged
- 30
- Cannabis
- 427 kg
- Prison
- 1 to 16 years
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Sentenced
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Charged
- 30
- Cannabis
- 427 kg
- Prison
- 1 to 16 years
- Agency type
- Anti-narcotics agency
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Smuggling
- Setting
- Home, Prison
- Case stage
- Sentenced
Sources
- Pajhwok Afghan Newspajhwok.com30 drug smugglers sentenced up to 16 years in jail
Open questions the AI reported
- The CNJC's own statement and any other coverage of these 25 cases could not be opened; the account rests on the single Pajhwok article.
- The article does not say exactly when the appeal court issued the sentences; 18 June 2019 is its publication date, and it says only that the 30 had been held in the previous week.
- The article does not say which of the 427 kilograms of hashish belonged to which case or defendant, nor whether any of the 30 were acquitted on appeal.
- The article does not say where in Afghanistan the smugglers were detained or which court heard the primary cases.
- The 823 kilograms of tablet-K and the other drugs are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures; no total cannabis-only value was given.
