The Supreme Criminal Appeals Court yesterday upheld the life sentences of two men who ran a BD1 million cannabis-growing operation out of a rental villa in Adliya.
In May, the High Criminal Court sentenced a 51-year-old Arab-American and 48-year-old Bahraini man to 25 years in prison, fined them BD5,000, and judges ruled to deport the former after completing his sentence.
Now, they are standing trial alongside a Filipina co-defendant on charges of laundering nearly BD39,000 which they allegedly made from selling marijuana, and wiring part of the money to overseas beneficiaries.
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