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Bahrain keeps life terms for a six-year cannabis farm

The High Criminal Appeals Court on 2 August 2025 upheld life sentences for the first two defendants in a cannabis-growing operation run from a rented villa in Adliya, and cut the third defendant's life term to 15 years; a fourth received 10 years and a fifth one year.

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The High Criminal Appeals Court on 2 August 2025 upheld life sentences for the first two defendants in a cannabis-growing operation run from a rented villa in Adliya, and cut the third defendant’s life term to 15 years; a fourth received 10 years and a fifth one year. Police had raided the villa in April and valued the indoor farm at more than BHD1 million, with seeds smuggled in and profits sent to Europe. The first defendant, an Arab-American, was also ordered deported after serving his sentence.[1][2][3]

Sources

  1. Three sentenced to life in 'cannabis farm' case. Gulf Daily News. 28 May 2025; life sentences; BHD1 million indoor farm in Adliya.
  2. Appeals Court Jails Five for Running Secret Marijuana Farm in Bahrain. News of Bahrain. 2 August 2025; life for first two; third reduced to 15 years; fourth 10 years; fifth one year.
  3. Five drug dealers arrested. Gulf Daily News. 9 April 2025; five arrested; farm valued at more than BD1 million.

Where

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  • No seed lot recorded

From Landrace.wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Places offset by about 500 m.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Bahrain.26.04, 50.54

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