‘Dr Ganja’ escapes gallows, gets nine years’ jail

SHAH ALAM: A retired soldier known as "Dr Ganja" escaped the gallows after the High Court amended the 16 charges against him for trafficking 77.48493kg and 14.647 litres of drugs to possession. Captain (R) Amiruddin @ Nadarajan Abdullah, 64, also faced 18 counts of cultivating marijuana plants, four counts of possessing marijuana and one for ingesting...

Woman who had to give birth in jail acquitted in drug case

SEREMBAN: A 34-year-old woman who had to deliver and raise her youngest child while in jail after being charged with drug trafficking two years ago was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail acquitted R. Devaki after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against her. "After perusing evidence by...

Malaysian courier finds drugs in roti canai order, makes police report

Suspecting something amiss, a delivery driver opened a package to find drugs along with roti canai. Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Arifai Tarawe said a food and parcel delivery worker filed a complaint at 7pm Monday (April 13). He said according to the police report, an order had come through to send a package from a man in Tropicana,...