Construction worker freed of trafficking charges
The High Court here has acquitted a construction worker of a charge of trafficking in methamphetamine more than four years ago without calling for his defence.
Justice Wendy Ooi held that the prosecution had failed to prove the ingredients of the charge against Tambi Ahamad Jalaldeen.
Tambi was accused of trafficking in 202.3g of methamphetamine at an apartment in Bandar Sungai Long on May 11, 2021. The offence carried the punishment of death, or a jail sentence of between 30 and 40 years as well as 12 strokes of the rotan.
Ooi found that Tambi did not live in the apartment where the drugs were found. She said the apartment belonged to his former wife.
The court also noted that the former wife had two employees who had access to the apartment and room where the drugs were stored.
“Evidence showed that it was (the ex-wife’s)…
