Fake drug case backfires; five men and a bedoun woman end up behind bars

The Criminal Court, presided over by Counselor Hamoud Al-Shami, sentenced three Interior Ministry employees to 10 years in prison with hard labor, imposed a fine of 10,000 Kuwaiti dinars on each, and ordered their dismissal from service.

The men in uniform were convicted of fabricating a report that falsely accused a Kuwaiti man of possessing narcotic and psychotropic substances, reports Al-Rai daily.

The court also handed down 10-year prison terms with hard labor and 10,000-dinar fines to a stateless woman and two accomplices. They were found guilty of conspiring with the ‘Interior’ men to frame him the victim.

The court’s verdict underscores a zero-tolerance stance against abuse of authority and the manipulation of justice for malicious purposes.