Central Criminal Court: 7 drug traffickers, including a convict holding foreign citizenship, sentenced to death

The Central Criminal Court issued death sentences against seven drug traffickers, including a convict holding foreign nationality for the crime of trafficking in narcotic substances. The media center of the Supreme Judicial Council stated in a statement: 'The court issued its first death sentence against four convicts for importing and exporting narcotic substances, while it issued its second judgment against three convicts, including a convict with foreign nationality, for importing narcotic substances from neighboring countries for the purpose of trafficking in them.' Source: National Iraqi News Agency