Drugs were delivered to the prisoners
The incident came to light after psychotropic pills and other drugs were found from him. When he was arrested and interrogated, he admitted that he had smuggled drugs for the prisoners he was assigned to treat. Investigation revealed that he used his position to poison prisoners instead of treating them. The court, presided over by Counselor Abdullah Al Usman, observed that the defendant betrayed the trust reposed in him and endangered the lives of the prisoners by supplying drugs to them again.
Accused guilty in four cases
The court found the accused guilty of the four charges alleged against him. But the court acquitted him in that case after not getting any evidence that he had taken bribe. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 6,000 dinars for four other offences. The court observed that the case has shocked the conscience of Kuwaiti society. The court directed the authorities to investigate how the accused managed to smuggle drugs into the jail without being caught.
Drugs have been smuggled into the jail before
This is not the first time officials have tried to smuggle drugs into the central prison in Kuwait. Last June, a military guard at the Kuwait Central Prison was arrested for smuggling drugs and mobile phones to inmates. The court then found that the accused was involved in smuggling contraband to the prisoners in return for huge sums of money. He used sick inmates of the Central Jail to smuggle drugs and mobile phones to hospitals and from there to the jail. The court also found that he was misusing his military rank for this.
