KANGAR: A labourer has been charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with trafficking 528kg of methamphetamine about two weeks ago.
No plea was recorded from the accused, Mohd Fazli Aziz, 35, who merely nodded when the charge was read out before Magistrate Nurshahida Abdul Rahim.
He is accused of trafficking the drugs at the Mata Ayer Perlis Utara Forest Reserve in Padang Besar at 4am on Jan 10.
The charge under Section 39(B)(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 is punishable by a death sentence or life imprisonment with not less than 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
The court set March 22 for case mention pending the chemist’s report.
Deputy public prosecutor Tengku Ruqayyah Tengku Shahrom appeared for the prosecution while the accused was unrepresented, Bernama reported.
On Jan 15, the media reported that police had seized 528kg of methamphetamine with a value estimated at RM19mil in a forest reserve in Padang Besar on Jan 10, highlighting it as the largest drug haul to date in Perlis.
