International drug and forgery ring is on trial in Yemen

The Specialized Penal Court, presided over by Judge Muhsin Alwan held a session to try 16 suspected drug dealers. They were accused of possessing a ton of drugs and producing and circulating 786,000 forged Saudi Rials. The suspected persons are:  Ismail Yahiya Ismail, Hussein Rashid Ali al-Obab, Ali Abdullah Ahmed Ja’dar, Salem Mohammed Abdullah ba-Qadha’, al-Humaidi Hamad Sa’di al-Ajal, a Kuwaiti national, Adnan Hamad Sa’di al-Ajal,  a fugitive, Sadiq Mohammed al-Sharafi, a fugitive, Abdulmajeed Ahmed Abdulmajeed al-Salafi, Mohammed Ahmed Kush, Ahmed Ali Salem al-A’mri, Ali Hussein Abdul-Kader ba Hussein, Faroq Ali Abdullah Ma’odhah, Basher Saleh Muhsin al-Qarmoshi, Ibrahim Suleiman Saeed al-Dubali.

The prosecution alleged that the first and second suspects trafficked a large amount of narcotics, both domestically and for export. 

1160 kilograms of hashish, manufactured abroad was caught with them, in addition to a set of cd’s. The 3rd to 12th suspects were accused of trafficking different amounts of drugs at various times and places. The first, fifth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and fourteenth suspects were accused of money laundering drug sale proceeds. They used the sums to buy cars, diamonds and weapons. 
They established trade facilities and contract activities, and were adept at disguising the illicit nature of their income.

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