Electrician freed on charge of allowing cultivation of cannabis plant in house

Based on the facts of the case, a team of officers from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department of the Perak Contingent Police Headquarters raided the house and found a plant suspected to be cannabis, measuring about 70 centimetres in height, cultivated in a black plastic bag inside a room.

IPOH: An electrician was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here today on a charge of allowing a cannabis plant to be cultivated at a house.

Judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi made the ruling after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Aszizi Ayub, 37, at the end of the prosecution’s case.

“After assessing the evidence presented by the prosecution and the submissions by the defence, the court finds that the prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case against the accused. Therefore, the accused is acquitted and discharged from the charge,” he said.

According to the amended charge, the man was accused of allowing another person to cultivate a 253.4-gramme cannabis plant, from which cannabis could be directly obtained, in a black plastic bag at a house in Persiaran Wira Jaya Timur 36, Taman Dato Leow Yan Sip, Kinta, at about 8.30 pm on July 31, 2023.

The charge was framed under Section 6B(1)(c) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 6B(3) of the same Act by life imprisonment and whipping of not less than six strokes upon conviction.

Deputy Public Prosecutor S. S. Pavitra appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was represented by lawyers Keshvinder Singh, Sukhdave Singh and Renver Singh.

Based on the facts of the case, a team of officers from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department of the Perak Contingent Police Headquarters raided the house and found a plant suspected to be cannabis, measuring about 70 centimetres in height, cultivated in a black plastic bag inside a room.

Further inspection of the same room uncovered several items believed to be related to drug activities, including a modified glass jar, lighter, sealer, weighing scale, brown paper, two knives and several empty transparent plastic packets.

Police subsequently found a glass jar containing seeds suspected to be cannabis seeds, two bottles containing liquid suspected to be chemicals, fertiliser, a spray bottle filled with water and a fertiliser measuring device.