Three men get prison for smuggling marijuana

Manama : Three Asian men were sentenced to 15 years behind the bars on grounds of attempting to smuggle 2kg marijuana into the Kingdom.

The High Criminal court also ordered the defendants to be deported once they complete their prison terms.

The second defendant, who hid the drugs inside his luggage, was caught red-handed at the airport.

Police officers suspected him of wrongdoing while he was about to receive his luggage. So he was frisked by the officials. While searching his bag, the drugs were found to be stashed inside the bag.

He revealed that someone at his hometown requested him to deliver the bag to two people in Bahrain.

With his assistance, the police officers nabbed the first and third defendants as they came to receive the drugs from him.