Karkh court sentences three to death over 18 kg of hashish
The Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced three convicted drug traffickers to death after they were caught with 18 kilograms of hashish meant for sale, Iraq's judiciary said. The ruling was issued under the 2017 narcotics law.
The Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced three convicted drug traffickers to death,
Iraq’s judiciary said in a statement.[1][2]
The three convicts were caught with 18 kilograms of hashish, which the court said they
intended to trade and sell among users.[1][2]The sentences were issued under Article
27/First of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017, which allows the
death penalty or life imprisonment for importing, transporting or cultivating narcotics.[1][2]
The ruling came as Baghdad pressed a wider crackdown on the drug trade.[1]Iraq’s
interior ministry said security forces had dismantled 1,201 drug trafficking and
distribution networks over three years, including 171 international networks, and that
2,318 sentences had been issued on drug charges, including 300 death sentences and 1,147
life terms.[1][2]
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Basra Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of drug trafficking involving hashish and methamphetamine. The Supreme Judicial Council announced the sentence on 27 October 2026 without giving a weight for either substance.
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.
The Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced two convicted drug traffickers to death after they were caught with 102 kilograms of Captagon and 96 kilograms of hashish intended for sale, Iraq's judiciary said. Only the 96 kilograms of hashish is recorded as cannabis.
The regional government reported that 1,097 of its 5,283 prisoners were serving sentences for narcotics, 617 of them for use and 480 for trafficking, in prisons holding about three times their capacity. Arrests had risen from 142 in 2014 to 2,017 in 2022.