AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a January 2022 State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a man to two years in prison after convicting him of possessing illegal narcotics in Amman in March 2021.

 

The court declared the defendant guilty of obtaining illegal narcotics for personal use on March 29.

 

The SSC handed the defendant two years in prison and ordered the defendant to pay JD2,000 in fines.

 

Court documents said the Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) learnt the defendant was in possession of illegal narcotics and placed him under surveillance.

 

On the day of the arrest, the court maintained, AND officers raided his house and found a variety of illegal narcotics including Captagon pills and Crystal meth hidden in his house.

 

“The law-enforcement officers found over a dozen of Captagon pills and Crystal meth in the house,” court documents said.

 

 The defendant contested the ruling arguing that the prosecution failed to provide solid evidence to implicate the defendant.

 

The SSC prosecutor asked the higher court to uphold the prison term and the fine.

 

The higher court maintained that the SSC had followed the proper procedures in issuing the sentences against the defendant.

 

“It was clear to the court that the defendant confessed willingly to possessing the illegal drugs,” the higher court said.

 

The Cassation Court bench comprised of judges Mohammad Ibrahim, Fawzi Nahar, Ibrahim Abu Shamma, Majid Azab and Hayel Amr.