Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah JC:

[1] The accused person, an Iranian national, now 27 years old, was charged with the following charge:

"Bahawa kamu pada 16 Februari 2011, lebih kurang 3.15 petang di Balai Ketibaan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang, di dalam daerah Barat Daya, di dalam Negeri Pulau Pinang, telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya iaitu methamphetamine, seberat 2751.7 gram dan dengan itu, kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah s 39B(1) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 39B(2) Akta yang sama."

Prosecution's Case

[2] The prosecution called a total of nine witnesses to present its case and its case unfolded when customs officer named Rose Syila bt Rodaei (PW4) gave evidence that on the 16 February 2011 she was on shift duty from 2.00pm to 10.00pm at the scanning machine in the Arrival Hall of the Bayan Lepas International Airport in Penang.

[3] At 3.00pm a fair-skinned male passenger put his black bag on the scanning machine to be scanned and in the midst of scanning PW4 saw a suspicious image of green and chocolate colour. She then asked fellow customs officer Hazrir bin S Efendi (PW5) to check the bag and saw PW5 and this passenger subsequ