Almotamar.net - On charges of bringing, exporting and transporting quantities of narcotics and hashish as well as money laundering, the Yemeni Specialised Criminal Court began Tuesday the trial of 16 defendants among them a Kuwaiti army captain and his son, at large, in addition to another defendant.
At the court sitting chaired by Judge Muhsin Alwan, Head of the First Instance Court and attended by the defence of the defendants, the prosecution accused the 16 defendants, among them two Kuwaitis, of transporting large quantities of narcotics and importing them for the purpose of trafficking and marketing among people and also export some of them across borders of the state. The prosecution said security apparatuses seized one ton and 106 kg of hashish in possession of the accused persons.
The accusation statement included that the group conducted laundering of money gained through trafficking the drugs in their possession in order to buy properties and receiving the money transfers for the purpose of concealing and camouflaging the sources despite their knowledge they are illegitimate. The charges also included the possession of forged Saudi money amounting to 789700 riyals.
When the court asked the defendants their reply to the charges against them they denied them and requested photocopying files of the case, except for the third defendant who confessed the charges against him.
On the other hand the court decided its sitting to next Tuesday.
Security authorities had last February arrested the accused and caught in their possession the above quantities of narcotics, forged currencies and 24 different cars.
16 defendants, including a Kuwaiti army officer stand trial on drugs trafficking
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