Read the full judgment text of CACC 000285/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 October 1997.
1. The applicant faced one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. It was particularized that on 28th September 1996 at Room 270 in the Customs Arrival Hall at Lo Wu Checkpoint, he unlawfully trafficked in 651.12 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 621.05 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. He pleaded not guilty to that charge but was found guilty after trial before Deputy Judge Wesley Wong and a jury. He had been stopped at the checkpoint by a Customs officer and had then been sea