(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced to death a Pakistani man for attempting to smuggle swallowed heroin capsules through the airport, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported.
He was also fined QR500,000 and ordered to pay the Customs an evasion fine of QR1,000.
The defendant was referred to Hamad General Hospital by airport Customs officers for a medical checkup to determine if he was carrying any banned substance, pursuant to a report by the Drug Prevention Department of the Ministry of Interior.
An X-ray of his stomach revealed some strange objects inside it. Once medically removed, these turned out to be capsules containing a total of 284.4gm of the illicit drug, heroin. Though the man admitted being guilty in the court of first instance, he appealed the ruling and the case is currently being heard by the Court of Appeal, the daily added.
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