KANGAR: Two men, a farmer and an unemployed, had been charged on the Magistrate’s Court right here right this moment (Feb 7) with trafficking in 266kg of compressed lumps of cannabis at Simpang Empat, right here final month.
Anas Shakir, 33, and Tuan Amiruldin Tuan Ali, 29, nodded as an indication they understood when the cost was learn out to them earlier than Magistrate Siti Nor Hasliza Md Ali.
They had been alleged to have dedicated the offence in entrance of an unnumbered home at Kampung Lat Seribu, Simpang Empat, right here at 8.40am on Jan 24.
The cost, framed underneath Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, carries a demise penalty upon conviction.
No plea was recorded and the court docket set April 7 for remention pending the chemistry report.
Perlis deputy public prosecutor Alia Suzila Chek Pi prosecuted, whereas each accused weren’t represented.
On Jan 24, police arrested six men, together with the 2 accused, suspected of being drug transporters and seized greater than 260kg of compressed lumps of cannabis estimated at RM668,300 in three raids in Perlis.
All suspects had been examined optimistic for medicine.
Perlis police chief Datuk Surina Saad, in a press convention on Jan 27, mentioned police believed the medicine had been introduced in from Thailand to Perlis by a syndicate utilizing the service of “transporters” consisting of unemployed people, farmers, labourers and mechanics with funds of round RM6,000 to RM7,000. – Bernama
