Driver escapes gallows after High Court acquits him of drug charges

KLANG: A 44-year-old company driver who was charged with drug possession over three years ago escaped the gallows after being acquitted by the High Court here on Monday (April 29).

Ragu Krishnan of Taman Klang Jaya who faced three charges of possessing heroin and methamphetamine was discharged and freed by High Court Judge Azmi Abdullah after the accused's defence counsel succeeded in raising reasonable doubt on the case by alleging that three policemen from the South Klang narcotics crime investigations department (NCID) had acted vindictively by planting the drugs in the accused's waist pouch.