Trio sentenced to life in prison for cannabis offences


KUALA LUMPUR: A former air steward and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane by the High Court after being convicted of trafficking 707.05gm of marijuana and cultivating cannabis plants.

Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid meted the sentences on K. Karthik, 40, former factory manager C. Praveen, 35, and former salesman Muhammad Afiq Mohd Ali, 26, after ruling that the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in their cases.

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