Read the full judgment text of CACC 000483/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 April 1999.
1. This is a straightforward case in which the applicant was apprehended at the Customs Arrival Hall on 28 May 1997 for the substance he carried. He was subsequently charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug. The quantity involved was 6,105.22 grammes of a mixture containing 4,902.20 grammes of cocaine hydrochloride. He came before Mr Recorder Ronny Wong, S.C. and on his own plea, he was convicted on 15 October 1997. He was sentenced in 1998 to a term of imprisonment of 17 years. The applican