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Bahraini woman sentenced for bid to smuggle drugs

The First High Criminal Court has handed down three years sentence to a 35-year-old Bahraini lady convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom from Iran. According to court details, she was having 3,000 psychotropic tablets in her possession when she was arrested at

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Published 26 January 2019, 8:00 · Updated 22:01

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Bahraini woman sentenced for bid to smuggle drugs

The First High Criminal Court has handed down three years sentence to a 35-year-old Bahraini lady convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom from Iran.

According to court details, she was having 3,000 psychotropic tablets in her possession when she was arrested at the Bahrain International Airport.

The court also fined the Bahraini woman BD3,000. “She was bringing drugs from Iran for selling it in the illegal Bahraini drugs market,” said Prosecutors.

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