Court Confirms 10-Year Sentences for Doctors in Drug Case

The Court of Cassation has upheld the ruling of the High Criminal Court of Appeal, confirming the conviction of two defendants in a drug-related case. The arrests followed a police sting operation, in which a third suspect helped authorities track the doctors who were selling narcotics.

Earlier, the First High Criminal Court sentenced the two doctors to 10 years in prison each and fined them BD 5,000 each for selling and using drugs. The third defendant received 6 months in prison and a BD 100 fine for drug use. The court also ordered the confiscation of all seized materials.

According to police testimony, the case began after a report that items were being placed in a sewage pipe connected to a home in Riffa using a car. Investigations revealed that the vehicle belonged to the third defendant, who was subsequently arrested and searched with permission from the Public Prosecution.

During questioning, the third defendant admitted to receiving drugs from the two doctors and agreed to help the police capture them. He arranged a controlled meeting with the first doctor, offering BD 20 for a quantity of CBD drugs near the doctor’s private clinic.

Police prepared a special team to make the arrest. When the third defendant met the first doctor, the doctor attempted to discard a plastic container, which turned out to contain a liquid suspected to be drugs. Further searches of the doctor’s car revealed additional containers with the same substance. The third defendant confirmed that these materials belonged to the second doctor, who had left them with him before traveling. The second doctor was later arrested upon his return via the land border.

Investigations confirmed that the two doctors possessed drugs for sale and personal use, while the third defendant was primarily a drug user.