Celestina Stuel Galid J:

Introduction

[1] The accused was charged for trafficking in 327.6 grams of methamphetamine under s 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ("the DDA ").

[2] The charge reads as follows:

"Bahawa kamu, pada 02 haribulan Januari 2023, jam lebih kurang 11.30 malam, bertempat di tepi Jalan Utara, Batu 3, di dalam daerah Sandakan, di dalam Negeri Sabah, telah mengedar dadah berbahaya iaitu Methamphetamine seberat 327.6 gram dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah s 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 39B(2) Akta yang sama."

The Prosecution's Narrative Of The Case

[3] Having received a tip-off earlier, on 2 January 2023, the raiding officer (PW4), assembled a team of police personnel and went to the location where the drug trafficking activity was said to occur at the entrance of the road leading to the squatters area at Jalan Utara, Batu 3, Sandakan.

[4] PW4 and his team arrived there at about 2315 hours and after about 10 minutes of surveillance, they saw a lone man acting suspiciously in that he was walking hurriedly from the squatters area towards the road while cautiously looking left and right. He was