A tailor was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined BD5,000 by the High Criminal Court for possessing and distributing heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine (shabu).
The expat was arrested by chance at a checkpoint in Ras Rumman, where authorities, while searching for wanted individuals, asked him to present his identification.
As the 40-year-old Pakistani rummaged through his bag for his CPR card, an eagle-eyed police officer noticed a plastic bag containing a powdery substance, which raised his suspicion.
The defendant was apprehended, and a stash of narcotics and cash was also found on him.
He was convicted of possessing shabu and morphine for personal use, as well as of drug trading charges.
He admitted to receiving drugs three times for distribution, and claimed to have been paid BD1 for each delivery, but denied the accusations before the judges.
The GDN earlier reported that officers, during the search, found two smaller bags of an unidentified white powder, believed to be a narcotic, weighing 175 gram and 129.5g.
Other seized items included five capsules of heroin (37.8g), two plastic bags of powdered heroin (17.5g), and two joints containing the same substance (1.8g and 1.5g), a roll of a crystal substance, thought to be shabu (2.2g), and a digital scale.
Cash amounting to BD323 and AED5 was also confiscated, which authorities believe was revenue from selling narcotics.
More narcotics were found in his residence.
A search of the defendant’s phone yielded conversations about the sale of the substances, as well as geographic locations, photographs and videos of the drugs in Bahrain, and BenefitPay receipts of drug purchases.
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