Shafaq News- Najaf
The Najaf Criminal Court sentenced aconvicted drug trafficker to death after authorities seized 2.5 kilograms ofcrystal methamphetamine he was trying to bring into the province, a securitysource told Shafaq News on Thursday.
The court handed down the sentenceunder Article 27 of Iraq's Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No.50 of 2017.
Since the start of 2026, Iraqicourts have issued 42 death sentences and 357 life imprisonment rulings againstconvicted drug traffickers, while security forces have seized more than 1.697tons of narcotics, according to the Interior Ministry's Directorate forNarcotics and Psychotropic Substances.
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