Father of 18 charged with drug abuse
By Malai FadleyRizal 

A man with 18 children from three wives was tried Saturday in the Magistrates' Court for two other counts of the Misuses of Drugs Act after he had already pleaded guilty to one count of consumption of a controlled drug. Despite his anxiousness while being tried, Sahari Hj Tengah greeted his children exuberantly when he was given a chance to meet his family after the hearing in which he was tried for trafficking 24.5385 grammes of Methylamphetamine and being in possession of 3.7064 grammes of Syabu.

During the trial, several officers from the Narcotics Control Bureau testified in court regarding the raid conducted at a house in Kg Pekilong Muara, Saba Darat B where Sahari was arrested with eight others.

In the prosecution's opening speech, DPP Suhana Hj Sudin submitted to the court that Sahari was first seen in the attic of the said house in Kg Ayer as if he was about to jump off to escape.

An NCB officer later arrested him at a staircase in a storeroom which led to the attic.

During a search carried out by the officers, they discovered three packets of crystalline substances later analysed to be Methylamphetamine and an apparatus which was claimed to contain traces of Methylamphetamine.

Two officers later brought Sahari to the attic where they found two small packets of crystalline substances, later analysed and found to contain Syabu.

Sahari's urine sample tested positive for Syabu and he had pleaded guilty to the charge of having consumed the drug.

It was learnt that Sahari is currently remanded pending the next trial date where the prosecution will continue to bring in more witnesses to prove the case.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin