Kuwait upholds death sentences for two Iranians over 189 kg of hashish
Kuwait's Court of Cassation upheld death sentences by hanging for two Iranian nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle 189 kg of hashish and psychotropic substances by sea, in a ruling reported on 10 June 2024. The men were intercepted by the Coast Guard and the Drug Control Department after sailing from the Abadan area toward Kuwait.
Kuwait’s Court of Cassation, presided over by Counselor Sultan Bouresli, upheld death sentences by hanging for two Iranian nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle 189 kg of hashish and psychotropic substances by sea.[1][2]The verdict followed their interception by the Coast Guard and the Drug Control Department after they sailed from the Abadan area toward Kuwait from an agreed point at sea.[1][2]
The defendants admitted the charges and told the court they were heroin users.[1][2]
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Kuwait's Criminal Court sentenced a Bidun man to life imprisonment for trafficking hashish alongside psychotropic substances after officers caught him in a drug-control ambush. Prosecutors said he held cannabis resin for use and sale, plus amphetamine and pregabalin, and had consumed THC; the court upheld the arrest and search.
Kuwait’s Criminal Court sentenced two Lebanese men to death for trafficking and using cannabis alongside psychoactive substances. Officers had seized 2 kg of marijuana and 400 g of hashish, plus non-cannabis drugs and packing equipment.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 2.4 kgPrison death sentence
The Criminal Court sentenced a well-known lawyer and a Kuwaiti fugitive in London to life for trafficking hashish and psychotropic substances sent by air cargo. A young woman and another Kuwaiti received seven years each. The case showed that air cargo from Europe, not only Gulf sea routes, supplies the market.
Kuwait’s Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti woman to fifteen years and a KD10,000 fine for cultivating, trafficking and using hashish after drug-control officers raided her home; a co-defendant was not sentenced for use alone.