Court sentenced man to a lifetime of imprisonment for peddling drugs
A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a GCC national in absentia to life imprisonment, a fine of QR300,000 and deportation upon serving his sentence.
According to Gulf Times the local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday that the convict was accused of smuggling drugs into the country, in addition to drug abuse.
He was arrested at Abu Samra land border while trying to drive into Qatar. The custom officers suspected him and ordered a thorough search of his vehicle, leading to the discovery of 116.94gms of hashish and 6,010 Captagon pills.
When taken for a blood test, it was proven that he had taken hashish.
The court convicted the man based on the witness of the two custom officers who spotted him, the medical report based on his blood test and his confession that the drugs in the car belonged to him.
well done customs , drug smugglers are the most dangerous criminals threatening National security ...
Hats off to the customs guys for catching the criminal .
Is there not an extradition treaty between the GCC member states ?