Balia Yusof Wahi J:

[1] Both the accused persons were charged as follows:

Bahawa kamu pada 22 Jun jam lebih kurang 12.30 pagi, dalam mencapai niat bersama kamu, di tempat letak motokar Hotel Royal Casuarina, Jalan Gopeng Ipoh, di dalam Daerah Kinta, di dalam Negeri Perak, telah mengedar dadah berbahaya iaitu cannabis seberat 9743 gram dan oleh yang demikian, kamu telah melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta yang sama dibaca bersama seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan .

The Prosecution Case

[2] On 21 June 2003, DSP Ravichandran a/l Ramachandran (SP7) has arranged for a sale transaction of 10 kilograms of cannabis between Detective Lance Corporal Ananthakrishnan (the agent provocateur) with the two accused persons at the Hotel Royal Casuarina, Jalan Gopeng, Ipoh, Perak.

[3] Prior to that, on 6 June 2003, SP7 was told by one Lance Corporal Hosni that a "source" was willing to cooperate with him to introduce a supplier to the agent provocateur. At about 10.20pm on the same day, SP7 arranged for a meeting to take place between the agent provocateur and the supplier at the Mc Donald's Restaurant in