A Kuwaiti home grow earns a life sentence
The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti man to life in prison for growing marijuana in his Salwa apartment and selling it. Police found 45 plants and four kilograms of prepared cannabis, along with 37 kilograms of gold bars and precious metals that investigators treated as proceeds. The sentence was passed under the 1983 drug law, five months before its replacement took effect.
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The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti man to life in prison for growing marijuana in his Salwa apartment and selling it. Police found 45 plants and four kilograms of prepared cannabis, along with 37 kilograms of gold bars and precious metals that investigators treated as proceeds. The sentence was passed under the 1983 drug law, five months before its replacement took effect.[1]
Sources
- Kuwaiti man jailed for life for growing drugs at home. Gulf Daily News. Report, 30 June 2025, with the plant count, prepared cannabis and gold bars.