Fruit seller in Penang acquitted of drug trafficking


GEORGE TOWN: A fruit seller was acquitted and discharged by a High Court here Monday of trafficking in more than 25kg of cannabis two years ago.

Judge Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim, in acquitting Adnan Amman, 58, of the trafficking charge, ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against him.

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