Nigerian free of drug charge because no proof he knew parcel had syabu


GEORGE TOWN: A Nigerian student was freed of a drug charge after the prosecution failed to prove that he knew that an unopened parcel contained methamphetamine (syabu).

Justice Datuk Lim Chong Fong of the High Court here acquitted Joseph Metuh Onyinye, 35, without calling for his defence.

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