Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000009/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 October 1994.
1. In this matter the respondent/applicant (referred to hereafter as the "respondent") was convicted after trial of possession of dangerous drugs contrary to s.8 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and sentenced by District Judge Jackson to imprisonment for three years. It was proved that he was in possession of 112.56 grammes of a mixture containing 62.81 grammes of salts of esters of morphine. The drugs were found after a routine stop and search. At trial he contended unsuccessfully that the drug