Kota Kinabalu: A 33-year-old man was jailed a total of 66 months plus six strokes of the cane for having two types of drug namely, Methamphetamine known also as syabu and 3.4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
Magistrate Dzul Helmy Yunus meted out the sentence to Muhamad Hamado Abd Jafar who pleaded guilty to two charges against him.
On the first count, Muhamad was jailed 30 months plus three strokes of the cane for having 8.74gm of the 3.4Methylenedioxymethamphetamine at 7.15pm on June 3 this year in front of a clinic in Inanam, here.
The offence under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act and punishable under Section 39A(1) of the same Act carries a jail term of between two and five years, and whipping of between three and nine strokes, on conviction.
On the second count, he was sentenced to 36 months’ jail plus three strokes of the cane for having 12.60gm of syabu on the same day and place.
The court ordered Muhamad to serve the jail sentence concurrently from the date of his arrest.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Akaash Singh appeared for the prosecution while duty counsel Jasamine Tan defended Muhamad.
