Two men jailed for life for drug smuggling have been saved by a change in the law.

Their sentences were cut to seven years in jail yesterday, after the High Criminal Court accepted that they should have been dealt with under a new law, which restricted jail terms for drug smuggling.

The Bahraini men were convicted in October last year of smuggling hashish into the country and were each sentenced to life in prison with a fine of BD10,000, by the High Criminal Court.

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