29 Jun 2020
PENDAKWARAYA Pendakwaraya Azrol Nizam bin Mohd Said
- Citation
- WA-45A-14-3/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-45A-14-3/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court accepted the chemist's uncontested laboratory report and police testimony that the accused, as sole occupant of a locked room where drugs were visible and within close proximity, had knowledge and control of the seized drugs; methamphetamine weight exceeded statutory threshold triggering presumption of trafficking under s37(da)(xvi); the defence account naming a third party was an unrevealed afterthought and not corroborated; accused failed to rebut the prima facie case or to show assistance under s39B(2A); accordingly convicted of trafficking under s39B(1)(a) and possession under s…