IPOH: A 37-year-old man has been charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with trafficking 765g of heroin.
A. Kalaiahmuthan nodded and stated he understood the charge after it was read to him before Magistrate S. Punitha on Friday (Aug 16).
However, no plea was recorded from the accused.
According to the charge, the accused was arrested on Aug 7 at about 8.40pm at a house on Jalan Gurney in Buntong for trafficking drugs.
The charge is framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same Act with the death penalty, or life imprisonment and not less than 12 strokes of the cane, if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Vatchira Wong Rui Fern prosecuted while lawyer Arifah Zakiah Badruzzaman represented the accused.
The court set Oct 21 for the mention of the case and the submission of chemistry reports.
The media previously reported that police had busted a drug processing laboratory in Buntong near here following the arrest of one man and seized drugs worth RM337,683.
Perak police chief Comm Datuk Azizi Mat Aris said that after monitoring a single-storey house for about 15 minutes, the team ambushed and arrested a 37-year-old man believed to be involved in the processing of the drugs.
