The Criminal Court has sentenced a man to life in jail for the possession of 227.4 grams of cannabis.
The police arrested Mohamed Naif in Hulhumalé in March 2013 near the ferry terminal. On sighting the police at the terminal, Naif had run rom the police and had thrown away a plastic bag containing cannabis, the police told the Criminal Court.
The court has also ordered Naif to pay a fine of MVR100,000 (US$6485) within a month.
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This ruling is done against Islamic Shari'a law, which clearly legalizes the use of medicinal cannabis. That's what you get when you have porn stars as judges.