Woman Jailed Three Months For Going Back To Drugs
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Magistrate's Court sentenced a 22-year-old local woman who pleaded guilty to consuming methamphetamine for the second time in 1999, to three years' jail on Saturday.

The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) prosecutor explained that Rina Mariyanti Abdul Jalil's case was delayed because she failed to report to the NCB office and NCB officers could not track her because she was no longer staying at her previous address.

However, she was arrested four days ago at her friend's house in Kg Saba Darat, the prosecutor said.

Facts of the case stated that a team of NCB officers conducted a raid at house No. 74 in Jalan 3, Kg Perpindahan Rimba, which resulted in the arrest of 14 persons, 12 males and two females. One of them was identified as her.

A search was made on the house but the officers did not find any drugs or utensils used for consuming drugs belonging to the defendant. However she admitted to having consumed the drugs.

Her urine sample tested positive for the drug.

According to the NCB prosecutor, she first committed the offence on August 5, 1996 and was convicted on April 27, 1998. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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