IRANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO OTHERS TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL

SANA'A, Dec.26 (Saba) - The Specialized Penal Court in the capital
Sana'a sentenced on Saturday an Iranian national to death and two
others to 5 years in prison after convicting them of trafficking and
fetching drugs into Yemen.

During Saturday hearing, chaired by Judge Ridwan al-Namer, the court
sentenced the first convict, Mumtaz Sultan Ameri to death and the
two others, Imam Jan Dost Mohamed and Abdul-Wahid Mohamed Ishaq
Bloshi, to 5-year imprisonment.

However, the court cleared eight Iranians of charges relating to
bringing 1059 kg of drugs into Yemen from an Iranian port by a boat.

The court's verdict stipulated destructing the seized drugs and
confiscating the boat.

The boat (Bahzad) with the drugs was seized by the security services
off Hadramout coasts in December, 2008.

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