A POLICEMAN and a runner were charged in the Johor Baru magistrates’ court today with trafficking in drugs into the country.

However, no plea was recorded from Lance Corporal C. Harethaess, 27, and  P. Darshan, 19, as the case comes under the jurisdiction of the high court.

However, they nodded after the charge was read out to them before magistrate Suhaila Shafi’uddin. 

The two men were jointly charged with trafficking in 181.95g of ecstasy at a car park in front of a healthcare centre in Kota Southkey at 9.45pm last September 23.

They were charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, which carries the mandatory death sentence.

The court set December 5 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Nur Aina Syakira Muhammad Syafiq prosecuted, while lawyers Muhammad Firdaus Adnan, Muhamad Wafiq Hadie and Amer Ashraf Azuddin represented Darshan.

Harethaess, who was with the Labu police station in Negri Sembilan, was unrepresented. – Bernama, October 4, 2021.