Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ:

[1] This is the majority judgment of this court. The appellant, a South African national was charged as follows:

"Bahawa kamu pada 21 Julai 2013, jam lebih kurang 9.00 malam, di Balai Ketibaan, Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi, dalam Negeri Kedah Darul Aman telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya iaitu Methamphetamine seberat 1,598.3 gram dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah s 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 39B(2) Akta yang sama."

[2] The case went for full trial and the learned Judicial Commissioner (JC) held that the Prosecution had proven a prima facie case against the appellant. The learned JC found that the appellant was in actual possession of the drugs and relied on the presumption under s 37(da) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ( DDA ) for trafficking.

[3] The court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the learned JC. Dissatisfied, the appellant appealed to the Federal court. Before us the appellant raised two issues, namely the failure by the prosecution during the trial to adduce the CCTV footage outside the airport building on the material date, is fatal to the prosecution's case