Two men jailed 30 years for trafficking 139kg cannabis in Bangsar
KUALA LUMPUR: Two parcel delivery men were sentenced to 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the rotan each by the High Court today after they were found guilty of trafficking 139kg of cannabis in 2022.
Two men, S. Mohan and Ahmad Shamil, were sentenced to 30 years in jail and each 12 strokes of the cane in Kuala Lumpur's High Court. They were found guilty of trafficking 139kg of cannabis in 2022, according to prosecutors. The pair were arrested on May 31, 2022, after police observed them handling and transferring plastic packets from a Toyota Vellfire into a Proton Preve in Bangsar's shopping complex car park.
Both men appeared composed following the verdict, and their friends left the courtroom during a lunch break to hear the decision. Mohan's lawyer requested a custodial sentence, citing his client's regret for the incident and his support for his 57-year-old mother. Ahmad Shamil's lawyer also expressed hope for his client's future reform.
The prosecution argued that the quantity and method of drug transfer were unusual, leading the judge to uphold the guilty verdict.
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