The New Paper
Saturday, Jun 30, 2012
A 58-year-old Singaporean was yesterday jailed the maximum five years and fined RM40,000(S$16,000) for possessing more than a million pills of an illicit drug.
Tan Cheok Kwe pleaded guilty in Ipoh's high court to possessing almost 6kg of Nimetazepam (Erimin 5) at Syarikat Hock Cheong Transport in the Vaiva Industrial Estate there.
Tan's lawyer, Mr Naran Singh, told The New Paper on June 26 that the bachelor had been travelling through Johor Baru when he was caught on Aug 12, 2010.
The former apparel salesman was taken to Ipoh, where the hypnotic drug was uncovered in a storeroom at the company.
Mr Singh said Tan was previously charged with drug trafficking, which carries the death penalty. This was later reduced to a possession charge.
Judge Zainal Adzam Abd Ghani said in sentencing that the prominent factor in the case was the large amount of drugs involved.
"It is evident that the accused had meticulously planned to hide the drugs and reap profits from its distribution," the New Straits Times quoted him as saying.
Tan had been in remand at the Sungai Udang Prison in Malacca for the last two years.
Saturday, Jun 30, 2012
A 58-year-old Singaporean was yesterday jailed the maximum five years and fined RM40,000(S$16,000) for possessing more than a million pills of an illicit drug.
Tan Cheok Kwe pleaded guilty in Ipoh's high court to possessing almost 6kg of Nimetazepam (Erimin 5) at Syarikat Hock Cheong Transport in the Vaiva Industrial Estate there.
Tan's lawyer, Mr Naran Singh, told The New Paper on June 26 that the bachelor had been travelling through Johor Baru when he was caught on Aug 12, 2010.
The former apparel salesman was taken to Ipoh, where the hypnotic drug was uncovered in a storeroom at the company.
Mr Singh said Tan was previously charged with drug trafficking, which carries the death penalty. This was later reduced to a possession charge.
Judge Zainal Adzam Abd Ghani said in sentencing that the prominent factor in the case was the large amount of drugs involved.
"It is evident that the accused had meticulously planned to hide the drugs and reap profits from its distribution," the New Straits Times quoted him as saying.
Tan had been in remand at the Sungai Udang Prison in Malacca for the last two years.
Total 7 years le :(
