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15. On September 3rd, 1956, the body of an unknown person, later identified as Shaaban
bin Ghulom Nur Zadeh, was found on the sea-shore about one mile to the west of the outskirts
of Manama. The deceased who had been dead for about three days was found partially
submerged in water and had sustained a number of stab wounds in the chest which had caused
death. Investigations revealed the motive for the crime to be an illicit relationship between the
deceased and a boy and although two suspects were detained, there was insufficient evidence to
identify the accused who was believed to have absconded from Bahrain.

16. On November 22nd, 1956, the double murder occurred in the Police Fort when
Superintendent Elwan Farhan and Sub-Inspector Hamad bin Rashid al Assam, while on duty
in their office, were shot dead by 274 Constable Mohamed bin Abdalla, with a rifle. The accused
while endeavouring to escape from the scene of the crime discharged further rounds of ammun­
ition and when near the east perimeter of the Compound, again fired at and seriously wounded
a constable on guard duty- He then threw away his rifle and bandolier of ammunition and
surrendered himself. The motive for the crime was personal animosity against one of the de­
ceased Police Officers.

Aggravated Theft
16a. Thefts by breaking into dwellings, shops, stores, whether by day or night ; thefts
of goods in transit ; pocket picking, etc., are all categorised as Aggravated Thefts. The
majority of Aggravated Thefts which occurred were committed from dwellings, shops and
stores and the method adopted in practically all cases was that of breaking the door locks by
force or twisting off the padlocks with an iron bar, to gain admittance.
On March 17th, 1956, a shop was broken into off Barrett Road, Manama, and 200 watches,
24 rolled-gold wrist watch bands, clothing, shoes and other items were stolen to the value of
Rs. 9,000/-. The offence occurred during the March Disturbances and none of the property
was recovered neither was any arrest made.
On August 13th, 1956, a theft of Rs. 5,340/- occurred from a house in Saar village. On
August 21st, 1956, investigations resulted in the arrest of the accused in possession of Rs. 3,500/-
He admitted the theft and on September 11th, 1956, was sentenced to six months imprisonment
by the Bahrain Senior Court.
On June 20th, 1956, two persons arrested for acting in a suspicious manner when seen in the
Manama Markets. It was ascertained they had recently arrived illegally from Persia. A
search was carried out of the room in which they were living and in a wooden box a large
quantity of gold ornaments and jewellery, valued at about Rs. 2,500/-, was recovered. Further
investigations identified the property as the proceeds from two cases of theft by breaking-in,
from dwelling houses, which had been committed by them a few days previously. On July 9th,
1956, they were each sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Bahrain Senior Court. While
serving their sentences they escaped from a working party ; one made good his escape while
the other was captured and sentenced to a further period of four months imprisonment.

Narcotics
17. There were five True Cases of Possession of Narcotics during the year. The total
amount of and type of narcotics seized were :

Opium—17 ounces Hashish—8 ounces
These cases involved the possession of the drugs for personal use and were not connected
with trafficking nor did the seizures form part of any consignments being smuggled via Bahrain
to other territories.

Execution of Court Orders
18. A total of 2,183 Court Orders were issued by the Courts of Bahrain to the Police
Stations of Manama and Muharraq for execution. The total amount for collection was
Rs. 1,42,313.06. A total of 2,042 Court Orders were executed and the amount collected and
paid into the Courts was Rs. 64,268.02.