Singapore jails Muhammad Hakam 24 years for 499.99 g cannabis
On 7 July 2022 Singapore's High Court sentenced Muhammad Hakam bin Suliman, 25, to 24 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane for trafficking 499.99 g of cannabis seized near Kian Teck Road in 2018.
Muhammad Hakam bin Suliman pleaded guilty to trafficking 23 blocks and 5 packets containing not less than 499.99 g of cannabis near a coffeeshop at 21 Kian Teck Road on 27 September 2018.[1][2]Central Narcotics Bureau officers found the drugs in a green car with three of the five people involved in the transactions.[1]
A second charge of drug possession was taken into consideration for sentencing, and the prosecution dropped a third charge over 6,639.15 g of cannabis mixture.[1]
On 7 July 2022 the High Court sentenced the 25-year-old to 24 years’ imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane.[1][2]The judgment records that he had appealed against his sentence.[1][2]
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