Read the full judgment text of CACC 000587/1988 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 August 1989.
1. On the 25th of July last year the Applicant, CHAN Shun Wing ("the Defendant") was engaged in delivering dangerous drugs by means of his motor scooter. He was arrested as he took a plastic bag off the carrier. A subsequent examination showed that the bag contained 910.39 grammes of a mixture which itself contained salts of esters of morphine. A further 150.82 grammes of a similar mixture, contained in some 18 packets, were found in a side compartment of the scooter. The Defendant immediately t