An Afghan considered an enemy combatant by the United States and convicted on drug charges has been sentenced to life in prison.
Heroin dealer Khan Mohammed received the sentence on Monday from U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.
Federal prosecutors said Mohammed, in addition to selling drugs, was an arms trafficker who targeted Afghans and U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. He was held as an enemy combatant before he agreed in 2006 to face trial in the United States.
A federal jury found Khan guilty of securing heroin and opium that he knew were bound for the United States and, in doing so, helping in terrorism activity.
His conviction on narcoterrorism charges in May was the first under new narcoterrorism laws, the Justice Department said.
