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The circumstances reported

The article describes an airport search that uncovered concealed drugs in a passenger’s luggage. After the discovery, she cooperated with investigators in an operation that led to the arrest of the person who came to collect the bag.

The appeal outcome

The High Criminal Court of Appeal was reported to have exempted the woman from imprisonment because of her contribution to identifying the recipient. The report separately describes the other defendant’s sentence and an additional BHD 5,000 fine; those are not the woman’s penalties.

Joint representation

The supplied material belongs to the Legal House archive and names Samra Abdulrahim Al Qassir and Zahra Al Jeser as joint counsel. It records earlier professional work and is not presented as a case of the current firm. This is a summary of reported facts, not the court judgment or a prediction of another outcome.

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