Read the full judgment text of CACC 000106/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 October 1998.
1. The applicant pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug in the committal proceedings in Eastern Magistracy. The amount of dangerous drug specified in the indictment is 130.39 grammes of a mixture containing 117.28 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. The applicant was intercepted by two police officers on surveillance duty as he came onto the street. The drug was found on his person in thirteen small plastic bags. On his arrest, the applicant admitted the offence.