ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Central Criminal Court of Iraq has sentenced a correctional guard to 10 years in prison for smuggling narcotic substances to inmates at Abu Ghraib Prison west of Baghdad in exchange for bribes, Iraq’s judiciary said on Sunday.
“The convict exploited his official position as a correctional guard to pass the drugs to prisoners. The ruling was issued under the provisions of Resolution 160, Paragraph Two/1 of 1983, as amended,” said the Supreme Judicial Council in a statement.
Iraqi authorities have in recent years intensified efforts to combat narcotics trafficking and corruption inside state institutions, amid growing concern over the spread of drugs across the country.