Read the full judgment text of CACC 000529/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 February 1995.
1. The applicant faced two charges of possession of a dangerous drug - an offence which is usually known as "simple possession". He was not charged with trafficking. He was apprehended at 2.15 p.m. on a village path at Tin Sum Sun Chuen, Yuen Long, and upon apprehension dropped two packets of heroin to the ground. These were seized and were found to contain 48.96 grammes of a mixture containing 18.28 grammes of salts of esters of morphine. The applicant was then escorted to his residence where t