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| Two Drugs Traders Get 25-Year Jail Sentences in Yemen |
| 2012-09-03 |
| [Yemen Post] A Yemeni court convicted two people of marketing and trading in drugs sentencing them to 25 years in prison each, the Yemeni official agency Saba reported on Sunday. The specialized penal court in Hadramout ...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard... delivered the ruling against Hani Salah Ahmed Al-Bakri and Khalil Salim Muhammad Bawazir with which the authorities seized 5 kg of hashish, the agency added. On Saturday, the authorities seized a large quantity of drugs, about one million drug bills, in Sanaa international airport. The authorities did not give more details about the drugs amid reports warning of increasing drugs trade and consumption in the country. This year, the authorities destroyed large quantities of drugs worth about $5 million in Hadramout province that were seized last year and this year. In recent years, Yemen locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! tens of drugs traders and traffickers including Iranians and Paks. Some of them have went on trials and received sentences including death ones. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Unusually light sentences - must have had connections. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-09-03 00:18 |