The accused is Mustaqim bin Abdul Kadir (“Mustaqim”), a 37-year-old male Singaporean. At the material time, Mustaqim worked as a private-hire car driver for Grab. He faces one capital charge of trafficking in a controlled drug (the “Charge”) under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185, 2008 Rev Ed) (the “MDA”). The Charge reads as follows:
That you, MUSTAQIM BIN ABDUL KADIR,
on 26 January 2018, at about 3.45pm, at a parking lot in front of Block 1, Spooner Road, Singapore, did traffic in a Class ‘A’ controlled drug listed in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185, 2008 Rev Ed), to wit, by having in your possession thirty one (31) packets and two (2) straws containing not less than 2154.34g of granular/powdery substance, which were analysed and found to contain not less than 56.8g of diamorphine, for the purpose of trafficking, without authorisation under the said Act or the Regulations made thereunder, and you have thereby committed an offence under Section 5(1)(a), read with Section 5(2), and punishable under Section 33(1) of the said Act, and further, upon your conviction under Section 5(1)(a) read with Section 5(2) of the said Act, you may alternatively be liable to be punished under section 33B of the said Act.
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That you, MUSTAQIM BIN ABDUL KADIR,
on 26 January 2018, at about 3.45pm, at a parking lot in front of Block 1, Spooner Road, Singapore, did traffic in a Class ‘A’ controlled drug listed in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185, 2008 Rev Ed), to wit, by having in your possession thirty one (31) packets and two (2) straws containing not less than 2154.34g of granular/powdery substance, which were analysed and found to contain not less than 56.8g of diamorphine, for the purpose of trafficking, without authorisation under the said Act or the Regulations made thereunder, and you have thereby committed an offence under Section 5(1)(a), read with Section 5(2), and punishable under Section 33(1) of the said Act, and further, upon your conviction under Section 5(1)(a) read with Section 5(2) of the said Act, you may alternatively be liable to be punished under section 33B of the said Act.
https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2023_SGHC_142
