Edgar Joseph Jr SCJ:

[1] The respondent was prosecuted in the High Court of the Federa1 Territory before Mr Justice Mokhtar Abdullah upon the following charge:

That you, on 28 March 1987 at about 2.40 pm, at the Stadium Negara Car Park, Jalan Stadium, in the district of Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, did traffick in a dangerous drug, to wit 578.94g of heroin, and you have thereby committed an offence under s 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1980) and punishable under s 39B(2) of the said Act.

[2] According to the evidence led by the prosecution, at about 2.15 pm on 28 March 1987, acting on information received, a party of police officers headed by ASP Yusoff bin Mohamad, had laid an ambush at the Stadium Negara Car Park, Jalan Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. Some twenty five minutes later, a Honda motor car driven by the respondent had arrived at the car park and, as soon as he had pulled up and switched off his engine, ASP Yusoff gave a pre-arranged signal to his party of men, whereupon they pounced upon the respondent while he was still seated in the driver's seat, placed him under arrest, and very soon after that, handcuffed him and took possession of the car keys.

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