Read the full judgment text of CACC 000505/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 February 1998.
1. The applicant faced one count of trafficking which alleged that on 18th January 1997, in the departure lounge of Kai Tak International Airport, he unlawfully trafficked in 1,743.85 grammes of a mixture in the form of 14 blocks containing 1,326.67 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. He pleaded guilty to that count and was sentenced to imprisonment by Deputy Judge Suffiad for 17 years. He now seeks leave to appeal against that sentence.