Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000587/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Appellant was convicted in the Magistrates' Court on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking, contrary to Section 7(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, The Appellant had been accosted in the street by two police officers and searched. In the search a packet containing heroin was found in his pocket. The analysis of the drug revealed that it consisted of a mixture weighing 8,92 grammes of which 0.57 gramme was salts of esters of morphine. He plead