Benapole: A court in Benapole on Tuesday convicted an Indian citizen and sentenced him to life imprisonment for drug peddling.

The convict is Saul Hamid, son of Barek Ali, hailing from Tamil Nadu, India.

The court also fined him Tk one lakh; in default, his is to suffer six more months’ imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, a team of police arrested Hamid along with 2.5kg cocaine from a bus on Jessore-Benapole road in Jhikargachha upazila on 7 January 2010.

A case was filed with Jhikargachha Police Station against him under the Narcotics Control Act.

After examining the records and witnesses, Judge Monjurul Imam of the Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court-1 handed down the verdict.