Man charged with possessing, consuming drugs

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SARIKEI: A 43-year-old man faced two charges under the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 in the magistrates’ court here yesterday.

Awang Feisal Awang Ibrahim was charged under section 12(2) of the act after he was found to have in his possession 1.44 gram of Methamphetamine when checked by police in an unnumbered room on the third floor of a shoplot along Jalan Masjid Lama here on the night of Jan 10, 2012.

He was charged under section 15(1)(a) of the same act after he tested positive for the scheduled drugs of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine at the police station here later that night.

He claimed trial to both charges and was allowed to be released on bail by the court which fixed the case for further mention on March 27.

For the first charge, the court released him on bail in the sum of RM10,000 in two sureties with RM3,000 to deposited with the court and for the second charge, he could be released on bail in the sum of RM5,000 in two sureties with RM1,500 to be deposited with the court.