The Alor Setar High Court sentenced four friends to death on 24 July 2011 after finding them guilty of trafficking cannabis five years earlier.[1] Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab said he was satisfied the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.[1]
The men were Mohd Sabri Ishak, 36, Muhamad Hasbi Baskaran Abdullah, 41, Jarry Saeddanee, 37, a Thai national, and Azizan Hamid, 45.[1] Undercover police officers disguised as drug buyers detained them at Bukit Kayu Hitam on 20 May 2006.[1] The court heard they shared a joint intention to traffic 93,070 grammes (93.07 kg) of cannabis at Jalan Taman Seri Temin, Bukit Kayu Hitam, at about 7 a.m. that day.[1]
They were charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and received the mandatory death sentence.[1] Mohd Sabri and Muhamad Hasbi were from Penang and worked in airport cargo and as a lorry driver respectively, while Azizan was a fisherman from Langkawi.[1] Deputy public prosecutors Nor Shuhada Mohd Yatim and Mohd Sabri prosecuted, and counsel R. S. Rayer, S. Yagoo, Ali Munawar Razak and Datuk Abdul Halim Said appeared for the defence.[1]