In Johor, Indonesian teen charged with trafficking over 25kg of illicit drugs
KLUANG, Sept 25 — A 19-year-old Indonesian male teenager was charged at the Magistrates’ Court here today wi...
On September 25 at the Magistrates' Court in Kluang, 19-year-old Indonesian construction worker Nanda Afrizal was charged with two counts of trafficking illicit drugs, suspected to be heroin and methamphetamine, with a combined weight of over 25 kilograms. Nanda nodded to indicate his understanding of the charges after they were read by Magistrate Norasidah A. Rahman.
For the first charge, he is alleged to have trafficked 17,842 grammes of heroin in a house in Taman Lian Seng on September 13. For the second charge, he is accused of trafficking 8,109 grammes of methamphetamine at the same location and time. Both offenses are punishable by either the death penalty or life imprisonment upon conviction, including 12 to 15 strokes of the cane.
Additionally, Nanda faces charges for possessing methamphetamine, which carries a possible five-year prison sentence and up to nine strokes of the cane upon conviction, as well as for remaining in the country without a valid social visit pass, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of RM10,000. Nanda's case was prosecuted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nik Noratini Nik Azman, and he was unrepresented in court. A chemistry report was scheduled for mention on November 25.
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