Yemen court sentences drug smuggler to death
by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Saturday, 15 November 2008DEATH SENTENCE: The defendeants pictured at the beginning of the trial in June. (Getty Images)
A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced to death the head of a group of Iranian sailors held with a cargo of about 1.5 tonnes of hashish.
The court also issued jail sentences of 25 years each against 11 other Iranians and a crew member believed to be Pakistani, whose vessel had been seized by US-led naval forces and handed over to Yemeni authorities.
Both the prosecution and defence lawyers said they would appeal the sentences.
Iran is a major transit route for drugs from Afghanistan, a top producer of opium and hashish, to the West and Gulf Arab states. (Reuters)
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