AN ACCUSED drug trafficker was allegedly caught red-handed while attempting to bury a stash of illegal substances, a court heard yesterday.
The Pakistani is facing trial at the High Criminal Court for allegedly selling methamphetamine (shabu) and using both hashish and shabu.
The 36-year-old labourer denied the charges at court yesterday, even though court documents said that he admitted to consuming drugs during Public Prosecution hearings.
He also reportedly told prosecutors that he was working for a man named ‘Khan’, who ordered him to portion out narcotics and hide them away in pre-determined spots where customers could later pick them up for BD300 apiece.
“I was on a routine patrol in A’ali where I typically thoroughly search the area for people who promote drugs,” a top Anti-Narcotics Directorate policeman testified in pre-trial investigations.
“From afar, I saw a person who seemed to be in an unnatural state and was trying to hide something.
“I approached him and informed him that I was a police officer, then asked him to show me his ID. As he was getting the ID card out of his pocket, a ‘roll’ of plastic wrap containing a crystal-like substance fell out.”
The Bahraini police officer and his team later allegedly found six other ‘rolls’ with the same crystal material thought to be shabu, and another roll containing what is believed to be hashish.
The defendant’s accommodation in Jidhafs was searched but no further contraband was found other than a sensitive scale.
Court documents revealed that traces of shabu and hashish were found in the defendant’s urine.
As the accused man had no lawyer, the hearing was adjourned to May 14 in order for a defence attorney to be appointed.
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