Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court upheld a verdict sentencing a foreign policeman to 3 years in prison, fining him 100 BD and deporting him after finishing his sentence, after being convicted of smuggling cell phones to a detainee in Jaw Prison in return for drugs "Shabu".

The public prosecution received a notice from the police station stating that they found cell phones in Jaw prison's restrooms. Investigations and surveillance cameras showed that the aforementioned policeman is the one who hid these phones in the restrooms. Thus, he was arrested and searched. A narcotic substance "Shabu" was found with him, which was also present in his urine.

The policeman confessed that he noticed that one of the prisoners is also energetic and happy and asked him about the reason, the prisoner told him that it is due to drug intake. The policeman then asked about a way to obtain drugs, however, the prisoner told him that he has his own sources. The policeman asked the prisoner to provide him with some drugs and the prisoner asked for a cell phone in return. The policeman said that he brought two cell phones, hid him in his clothes and smuggled them. He concealed them in the restrooms until receiving drugs from the prisoner. The policeman was then caught.

The policeman stated that he received narcotic substance and a syringe from the second suspect, went to a mosque that was still under construction and used the drugs. He then felt that he is in an abnormal situation so he returned to his job to find that the prisoner is angry because he did not received a phone. The prisoner was shouting in front of everyone saying that the policeman used drugs and that he obtains them in return for smuggling cell phones to prisoners.

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