A wanted drug dealer, who goes by the professional name ‘Bimbo’, has been found guilty of assaulting officers who had gone to arrest him on narcotics trading charges.
The High Criminal Court sentenced the 30-year-old Bahraini to two years in prison, and fined him BD3,000 – one among many criminal convictions over the years.
The court heard that the defendant was recognised on sight by police officers while on patrol, since he was a ‘repeat offender’ who had often been apprehended for stirring up trouble.
He earlier denied charges of committing violence to obstruct public security officers from enforcing the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances laws.
He was also charged with possessing hashish and methamphetamine for recreational use, and his previous convictions on similar charges acted as an aggravating circumstance in the case.
“We were patrolling an area to look for any activity suspected to do with the promotion and consumption of drugs,” a policeman earlier told the Public Prosecution.
“The defendant was seen in an unnatural state. Since he was habitual offender known as ‘Bimbo’, we knew who he was, and there was a warrant out to arrest him on suspicion in another case.
“We stopped him and identified ourselves to him, but he ran away, leaving behind a black bag. He resisted arrest but was eventually caught and put under control using force.”
According to authorities, the bag contained 0.52gm of meth and 2.53gm of hashish.
The nickname Bimbo could be a reference to a character in the 1978 Japanese cartoon television series Treasure Island, which was dubbed into Arabic in 1981, and continued to entertain generations of Arabs well into the early 2000s.
‘Bimbo’ is an Arabisation of ‘Benbow’, the beloved pet leopard who accompanies the anime’s main character Jim Hawkins on his marine adventures.
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