Five years for man over drugs hidden in cricket bats

TDT | Manama

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The court in Bahrain has sentenced an Asian man to five years in prison after authorities uncovered around five kilograms of psychotropic substances hidden inside cricket bats and sports equipment sent through postal shipments.

The First Criminal High Court also fined the defendant 3,000 Bahraini dinars and ordered his deportation after completion of his sentence, in addition to confiscating the seized items.

According to case details, customs officers at Bahrain International Airport grew suspicious of incoming parcels from an Asian country. An X-ray scan revealed unusual densities inside the shipments.

Upon inspection, authorities discovered cricket bats containing concealed plastic bags filled with a crystalline substance suspected to be the drug known as “shabu.”

The parcels were immediately seized and handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Directorate, which identified the intended recipient and carried out a controlled delivery operation.

The suspect was arrested while receiving the shipment, with officers also finding an electronic precision scale in his possession, used for measuring narcotics, according to court documents.