The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council

IRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

April 9, 2025:

The Central Criminal Court on April 8, 2025 sentenced a drug dealer to death for the crime of trafficking in narcotic substances.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) said in a statement, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the Central Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a drug dealer for the crime of trafficking in narcotic substances,” noting that “the convict was found in possession of one million Captagon pills with the intention of trafficking and selling them among users.”
SJC added that “the verdict was issued based on the provisions of Article 27/1 of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017.”