Magistrate Issues Stern Warning To Drug Offenders
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrates Court yesterday warned five first-time drug offenders not to commit the offence again or else they could be jailed for three years.

Four local men, Dali Hj Sabtu, Hj Azamain Hj Yahya, Khairul Rizam Tuah, Abd Majid Abd Kadir and one local woman, Dk Norain Pg Hj Ismail pleaded guilty to all the charges.

Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah Soefri first imposed fines of $3,800 of seven months jail in default to Dali when he pleaded guilty for having 15.594 milligrammes of Methylamphetamine on him and for consuming Methylamphetamine and having in his possession drug taking articles.

The NCB personnel caught Dali on September 26 two years ago near Kg Buang Sakar's jetty.

Hj Azamain was given fines totalling to $2,300 or four months jail in default when he pleaded guilty to consuming Methylamphetamine and having in his possession of drug utensils.

He was caught near house No. 762-D in Kg Serdang while he was inside a car bearing the registration number BT 6231.

Meanwhile, Magistrate Hj Abdullah imposed a fine of $1,500 or three months jail each on Khairul Rizam, Abd Majid and Dk Norain for consuming drugs.

Narcotics Control Bureau Prosecuting officer Pg Othman Pg Hj Ali also applied to the Magistrate's Court for all of them to retest their urine. They will again appear in the Magistrate's Court on June 30. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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