Amran bin Eusuff and Rabu bin Rahmat were jointly charged with trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis by delivering 2,174.86 grams to undercover Central Narcotics Bureau officer Mohd Nabil bin Shahar on 3 May 2001.[1] On 1 May 2001 undercover Corporal Fazuri bin Isnin, posing as a buyer called Boy, made contact with Amran, known as Daud, and his partner Abu, and negotiated a 3 kg purchase for delivery on 3 May.[1][2] On 3 May the two accused met the undercover officers at a 7-Eleven at Sixth Avenue before driving to Bukit Merah View, where Rabu collected a yellow paper bag and handed it to an officer.[1][2]
The bag held five large blocks and one small block of vegetable matter wrapped in plastic and foil.[2] The Centre for Forensic Science confirmed the six blocks contained 2,174.86 grams of cannabis, far above the threshold carrying the mandatory death penalty.[2] Both men resisted arrest violently at Bukit Merah View before being subdued.[2]
Trial and appeal
The High Court trial judge rejected Amran’s entrapment claim and Rabu’s claim that his statements were involuntary, finding their coordinated broker-and-deliverer roles proved a common intention.[1][2] On 26 December 2001 Tay Yong Kwang JC convicted both men and passed the mandatory death sentence on each.[2] The Court of Appeal heard the case on 18 March 2002 and dismissed both appeals on 1 April 2002, holding there was no reason to interfere with the trial findings and no discretion to reduce a death sentence for trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis.[1]
