Read the full judgment text of CACC 000141/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant was convicted before the District Court on his own confession of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. He was arrested at the Outlying Islands Pier in Hong Kong with nearly four kilogrammes of opium in his possession. The market retail street value of those drugs is given as about $40,000. The sentence imposed was one of 3 ½ years' imprisonment. The Appellant is a man of 59 years of age.