Johor royal charged with drug offences


PETALING JAYA: A member of the Johor royal family was charged with three counts of taking methamphetamine and possessing similar drugs and ganja last June.

Update: Suspect charged with drug possession not member of Johor royalty 

Tunku Alang Reza Tunku Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to the charges, read out before magistrate Nurulhuda Zakariya.

On the first charge, the accused was said to have taken methamphetamine at the Bandar Utama police station here at 2.20am on June 4.

The charge, under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, carries a maximum fine of RM5,000 or two years’ jail or both, and to be placed under police supervision for two years.

On the second and third charges, Tunku Alang Reza, 31, was alleged to have in his possession 0.9gm of ganja and 0.15gm of methamphetamine at a unit in Ritz Perdana 2 Condominium, Bandar Damansara Perdana, here, at noon on the same date.

The offence, under Section 6 of the same Act, carries a fine of up to RM20,000 or a jail term not exceeding five years, or both. — Bernama

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