Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recorded its first victory in a case under the Criminal Asset Recovery Order 2012 (CARO) making the offender forfeit the confiscated money gained from drug-trafficking.

Azren bin Zaini was detained on May 2009 after he was found carrying several straws containing shards of crystal believed to be methamphetamine commonly known as Syabu during an inspection.

Among the seized items was cash amounting to BND11,100, SGD1,110 and RM3,055, believed to have been the revenue from drug-trafficking.

On December 15, 2014, the suspect was sentenced to prison for three years under Section 6(a) of the Misuse of Drug Act, Chapter 27 for offences of possessing controlled drugs and Section 6(b) of the Misuse of Drug Act,
Chapter 27 for consuming a controlled drug.

After sentencing, another hearing was held for forfeiture of money believed to be the revenue from drug-trafficking. During the hearing, the suspect claimed that the seized money was not from drug-trafficking but from his quail-selling business.

However NCB was able to prove that the money was in fact profits from drug-trafficking.

The verdict for the latter hearing was made by Chief Justice on June 4, 2016 after hearing the appeal from Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohammad Abdul Raafe' bin Haji Ibrahim.

CARO was enacted in June 2012 which gave the bureau a new dimension in drug investigation such as giving power to NCB officers to investigate, seize, freeze and confiscate the assets of the drug-traffickers from their drug trafficking activities.

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by BruDirect.com

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