KUALA LUMPUR: A sales assistant was jailed 12 years and ordered to be whipped 10 times for having cannabis in the family car of the late Tun Ghafar Baba.

The drug, kept in a plastic bag, was found in the boot of the car belonging to Ghafar’s then second wife D. Heryati Abd Rahim, 46.

Mohammad Zamri Mohammad Noor, 37, was ordered to serve his jail term from the date of his arrest on July 18, 2001.

He was originally charged with trafficking in 1,856gm of cannabis at a car park near Bangunan Perkim in Jalan Ipoh on July 18, 2001.

The charge was reduced to drug possession by the court on May 25 after hearing evidence from eight prosecution witnesses.  

In passing the sentence, High Court judge Justice Heliliah Mohd Yusof said:  

“The accused has a permanent job but he used a car belonging to a public figure (to carry drugs).”  

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