Court acquits ex-con, girlfriend accused of possessing narcotics
5 absolved in drugs case
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Criminal Court acquitted a 30-year-old ex-convict and his Kuwaiti girlfriend who were accused of possessing cannabis and psychotropic substances with the intent to use. The Kuwaiti woman was also accused of driving her vehicle under narcotic influence, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
The details of the incident were summarized by an officer of rank “First Lieutenant” in the Department of Public Security Patrols affiliated to Farwaniya Governorate.
He explained that he had set up a security checkpoint between Riggae and Andalous areas on the day of the incident. He then saw a vehicle driven by a Kuwaiti woman who was accompanied by a man arriving towards the checkpoint. As the vehicle approached, he saw the woman throw a pack of cigarettes out of the window. He stopped them to question them, and they confirmed their ownership of the drugs with the intent to use. At the time, she was in an abnormal state.
The Public Prosecution affirmed that the Kuwaiti woman had acquired hashish and psychotropic substances with the intention of consuming it without proving that she had been legally authorized to do so, and was caught driving under the influence of drugs.
During the court session, Lawyer Abdel Mohsen Al-Qattan defended the accused and invalidated reports of the General Department of Criminal Evidences.
He said he cannot imagine the occurrence of the incident, and invalidated testimony of the attorney concerning the referral report because he was alone with him, and withheld testimony of his colleague, despite the presence of the latter at the time of the incident.
Lawyer Al-Qattan argued that the investigations of the Public Prosecution into the accusation failed to take measures that were necessary in order to reflect the truth before the prosecution, because the prosecution did not invite his colleague who was with him.