Runaway Thai Convicted Of Consuming 'Syabu'
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - the Magistrate's Court on Saturday fined a 40-year-old Thai national $1,500 or three months imprisonment in default when he pleaded guilty to consuming a Class A controlled drug, Methylamphetamine.

According to the Narcotics Control Bureau Prosecutor, the defendant, the Immigration officers caught Jarun Chawiang twelve days ago at a house in Kampong Sinarubai, on suspicion of having an invalid working pass.

The officers then found a plastic containing several pills believed to be controlled drugs and a modified apparatus believed to be used for consuming drugs.

Therefore, the Immigration officers contacted several officers from NCB to come to the said scene, the NCB prosecutor said.

Further searches conducted by the NCB officers, uncovered a plastic packet containing five clear straws containing a crystal substances inside a grey bag marked 'PRADA', believed to be controlled drugs.

The NCB officers then said upon investigations, it was found that all the items had no relation to the defendant.

However, on the same day he was arrested, his urine sample was taken at the NCB office and later the next day his urine sample was sent to the Scientific Laboratory for analysis.

Upon analysis, results showed that the defendant's urine sample tested positive for the class A controlled drug, Methylamphetamine, the NCB prosecutor told the court. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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