As far as I know, no innocent man had been hanged for drug trafficking.
There was however, one curious case which merits some debate.
CNB officers once planned for a sting operation where a heroin trafficker was arrested with 10 sachets of heroin. In normal circumstances, 10 sachets of heroin would contain about 5 grammes of the pure diamorphine (heroin) after chemical analysis, minus the impurities. The sentence would be 5 to 8 years imprisonment.
In this case, the purity of the drug was close to 90% and after analysis, the drug was found to be more than 15 grammes, hence making it a capital offence. Apparently, this trafficker refused to buy from local distributors, but instead made a trip to Thailand where he bought the drugs directly from the Thais. The Thai gave him the best they could offer as he could prove to be a new conduit for the flow of their goods.
In the end, the trafficker was executed according to the Law, leaving behind a child and a disabled parent........He should have had just bought his supplies from local distributors and saved himself from the noose......
There was however, one curious case which merits some debate.
CNB officers once planned for a sting operation where a heroin trafficker was arrested with 10 sachets of heroin. In normal circumstances, 10 sachets of heroin would contain about 5 grammes of the pure diamorphine (heroin) after chemical analysis, minus the impurities. The sentence would be 5 to 8 years imprisonment.
In this case, the purity of the drug was close to 90% and after analysis, the drug was found to be more than 15 grammes, hence making it a capital offence. Apparently, this trafficker refused to buy from local distributors, but instead made a trip to Thailand where he bought the drugs directly from the Thais. The Thai gave him the best they could offer as he could prove to be a new conduit for the flow of their goods.
In the end, the trafficker was executed according to the Law, leaving behind a child and a disabled parent........He should have had just bought his supplies from local distributors and saved himself from the noose......