Bahrain: Four Men Get 5 Years Jail and BD100,000 Fines for Drug and Money Laundering
A Bahraini court had handed down hefty punishments to four men, all Asian nationals, having been found guilty of laundering BD482,000 earned through peddling illicit drugs. Each defendant was sentenced to five years in prison and a BD100,000 fine.
The court also ordered the confiscation of BD211,000 from the first defendant, BD155,000 from the second defendant, BD77,000 from the third defendant, and BD37,000 from the fourth defendant by taking control of their bank accounts and assets.
The defendants were arrested by the police based on a tipoff regarding their activities in the Kingdom, and subsequent investigations revealed their involvement in drug sales and money laundering. The investigation also led to the discovery of suspicious transactions in their bank accounts, which prompted the authorities to freeze them.
The Public Prosecution charged the defendants with drug trafficking and money laundering, and the investigators informed the court that the defendants were part of a larger network involved in drug sales and money laundering
