Tears of joy as five friends freed of drug trafficking, possession charges

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The High Court in Ayer Keroh, Melaka freed four men and a woman of drug trafficking and possession charges on Thursday (July 27).  Judge Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid reached the decision after the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against the five accused at the end of the prosecution’s case.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Tears of joy were shed at the High Court in Malacca on Thursday after five friends were

00:05 freed of drug trafficking and possession charges.

00:09 Judge Mahmoud Razzi Abdul Hamid reached the decision after the prosecution failed to prove

00:14 a prima facie case against Mahmoud Nizam Magzan, aged 34, Noshahira Hamraj, 27, Hairuddin Ramli,

00:23 24, Mohamed Humey Rosli, 33, and Dermawan Mohamed, aged 38, at the end of the prosecution's case.

00:31 Delivering his judgment, Mahmoud Razzi said the prosecution failed in proving the element

00:36 of possession, thereby also failing in proving the elements of trafficking and possession.

00:42 Therefore, the five accused were discharged and acquitted from the four charges.

00:47 The five friends were jointly charged with trafficking 166.24 grams of methamphetamine

00:53 and also faced three counts of possessing heroin, morphine and ketamine at a house in

00:59 Jalan Semabok at about 1am on March 22, 2018.

01:04 The trafficking charge was filed under Section 39, Subsection B, Subsection A of the Dangerous

01:10 Drugs Act, 1952, which is punishable by the death sentence upon conviction.

01:16 The possession charges were filed under Section 12, Subsection 2 of the same Act, which is

01:21 punishable by up to five years' imprisonment, a fine of both upon conviction.

01:27 The prosecution had called in 11 witnesses to testify during the proceedings.

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