Basra court sentences foreign national to death over 10 kg of hashish
The Basra Criminal Court sentenced a foreign national to death for drug trafficking after 10 kilograms and 50 grams of hashish intended for sale were seized. The judgment was issued under Article 27(First) of Iraq's 2017 narcotics law, which carries death or life imprisonment.
🇮🇶 Basra, Iraq
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 10.05 kg
The Basra Criminal Court sentenced a foreign national to death after convicting him of drug trafficking.[1][2]
Authorities seized 10 kilograms and 50 grams of hashish from the convicted man, which the court said was intended for trafficking and distribution.[1][2] The judgment was reported by Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council.[1][2]
The death sentence was issued under Article 27(First) of Iraq’s Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017.[2] That provision carries death or life imprisonment for offences including importing, exporting or transporting narcotics with the intent to traffic.[2] The council disclosed no name, nationality or arrest date for the defendant.[2]
Sources
- Iraq drug operations net arrests, death sentence. Hatha Alyoum, 20 September 2026.
- Iraq, Kuwait seize 700k Captagon pills in joint operation. Europesays, 20 September 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The council did not disclose the convicted man's name, nationality or arrest date.
- The same Hatha Alyoum article reports separate arrests in Saladin and Babil, different events left out here.
- The Europesays page mainly reports a separate Iraq-Kuwait Captagon seizure, a different event left out here.
- No photo of this sentencing or the seized hashish could be confirmed in the opened sources.