JUDGMENT

(oral)

Gopal Sri Ram JCA (delivering the judgment of the court):

On 13 January 1996 at about 3.45 in the morning, a police party raided premises No. 121, Jalan Rumbia 39, Taman Daya, Johor Bahru. It was a semi-detached house. They were led into the house by one Lee Poh Soon who was in the hall when the police party arrived. The police, having entered the house, proceeded to the room occupied by the appellant. The door was locked. They forced entry into the room. There is some dispute about what the appellant was doing when the police entered. But nothing turns on it. There was a table in the room. A search on one of the drawers, which was locked, revealed 4 large plastic packets, 4 medium sized and 9 small plastic packets containing a yellowish substance which was suspected to contain drugs. A search of the second drawer led to the recovery of 50 large plastic packets and 20 small plastic packets, all of which were empty. There is some dispute whether the appellant assisted in the opening of these drawers. Again, nothing turns on this.

The packets containing the yellowish substance were sent for chemical analysis which revealed that they contained 154.3 grams of heroin.

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