ALOR SETAR: A tractor driver was sentenced to death by the High Court here yesterday after he was found guilty of trafficking in 2,700.01gm of cannabis five years ago.
Justice Datuk Zamani A.Rahim handed down the sentence on Tamim Ansari Abdul Hamid after finding that the defence had failed to raise any reasonable doubts on the prosecution’s case.
Tamim Ansari, 26, from Sanglang, near Jitra, was charged with trafficking in the drug in front of the exit to the Darul Aman Stadium at 10.45pm on May 10, 2005.
Deputy public prosecutor Ana Rozana Mohd Nor prosecuted, while lawyer Mohd Nizan Azdahari represented Tamim Ansari. — Bernama