PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 30-year imprisonment sentences imposed on a husband and wife for drug trafficking and possession offences.
The three-member bench comprising Federal Court judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin, sitting as Court of Appeal judge Datuk Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid dismissed the appeals by Abdul Aziz Yahya and Ramizah Rahmat against their conviction and sentences.
In the grounds of judgment dated June 26, Justice Hayatul Akmal said the court found no merit in the appeals, which did not warrant appellate intervention in respect of the High Court’s decision.
She said the defence has failed to raise any reasonable doubt against the prosecution’s case.
She further held that the appellants’ contention that the drugs did not belong to them but had been placed there by others, and that the house and toilet where the drugs were found were accessible to their relatives and workshop employees, was not supported by credible evidence.
Justice Hayatul Akmal also said the sentences imposed by the High Court on both the appellants were fair and just and accordingly upheld them.
Abdul Aziz, 54, and Ramizah, 35, were found guilty by the High Court on Dec 12, 2024, of two charges of drug trafficking and several charges of drug possession.
They were each sentenced to 30 years’ jail for trafficking 415.06gm and 92.90gm of methamphetamine.
The couple was also each sentenced to three-year imprisonment for possession of 3.23gm of heroin and another five years for possessing 4.75gm of methamphetamine.
In addition, Abdul Aziz was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for possessing 4.10gm of methamphetamine and a further three years’ jail term for possession of 2.58gm of methamphetamine.
He was spared the caning as he is over 50 years old.
The High Court ordered that all sentences run concurrently.
The offences were committed at a house in Felda Bukit Aping Timur, Kota Tinggi, Johor, at 4.55am on April 24 2021.
According to the facts of the case, police raided the house in the early hours and recovered various drugs from several locations within the house, including a packet concealed beneath floor tiles. — Bernama
