Life sentence for 226.5 kg of cannabis; co-accused wife acquitted
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin sentenced Faliq Amar Abdul Rahim, 31, to life imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane on 25 August 2026 for trafficking 226.5 kg of cannabis in Sentul in February 2022, while acquitting his wife on both joint charges.
On 25 August 2026 the Kuala Lumpur High Courtconvicted Faliq Amar Abdul Rahim of two counts
of trafficking cannabis under section 39B of Malaysia’s Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and sentenced
him to life imprisonment from his arrest on 16 February 2022 plus 12 strokes of the cane on
each count, 24 strokes in total.[1][2]
Police had arrested Faliq in Sentul on 16 February 2022 after he carried a black box toward a
shopping mall; the box held about 9.5 kg of cannabis in ten plastic packages while his wife
Norsyafika Nazwa Nurizan waited in the car.[1][2]A raid on their condominium the same
evening found about 217 kg in boxes and sacks and paraphernalia for processing the drugs.[1][2]
Judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin acquitted Norsyafika on both charges, finding no prima facie case
at the close of prosecution and, on the second count, that she knew of the drugs but did not
control them.[1][2]Defence lawyers Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi, Amirrul Jamaluddin and Aina
Melina Johan Ariff Lim appeared for the couple; deputy public prosecutor Shahrizzat Amadan
prosecuted.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The two counts were 9.5 kg in a mall car park and 217 kg in a condominium; sources round the total to 226.5 kg.
Norsyafika Nazwa Nurizan, 33, was acquitted at the end of prosecution and again after defence as a passive enabler without control of the drugs.
Malaysia has replaced mandatory death sentences for large cannabis trafficking with life imprisonment or long fixed terms at judicial discretion; the sources do not say whether a death sentence was ever sought.
On 19 October 2026 the Sibu High Court sentenced Tiong Soon Hieng, 41, to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 5,081.06 g of cannabis. Judge Wong Siong Tung declined the death penalty and dated the term from his arrest on 6 January 2023 outside a coffee shop in Bintangor.
Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
Kuala Lumpur High Court on 29 September 2026 sentenced Dasham Novada Wickramathunga, 33, to 10 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge over about 2.57 kg of cannabis found at a Jalan Ipoh residence in April 2024.
S. Mohan, 38, and Ahmad Shamil Abdul Rashid, 28, were sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 139 kg of cannabis from a Bangsar car park in 2022. The judge found the case proven beyond reasonable doubt; the prosecution had sought the heavy term over the quantity.
Malaysia's Federal Court reinstated the trafficking convictions and 30-year sentences of Azril Azhar Ahmad and Zulfattar Md Ridzuan for 264.36 g of cannabis, after the Court of Appeal had reduced the charge to possession. Both had been released in February 2026.