Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 114

Possession of a narcotic substance. A material fact. The court of merits may infer whether it was for the purpose of trafficking or otherwise. Its condition. Basing it on what supports that inference. For this purpose, the court may separate parts of the police inquiries and the statements of the officer who conducted them, and find therein what justifies authorisation to search. - The smallness or largeness of the quantity of narcotics. A relative matter. Subject to the assessment of the court of merits. - The court’s omission to discuss the significance of the weight of the seized narcotics and what appeared in the police inquiries concerning the intent to traffic. Its implication. Their rejection. The Public Prosecution’s dispute concerning this. A factual dispute. Impermissible before the court of merits.