Nigerian sentenced to death over 11.6 kg of cannabis in Alor Setar
The Alor Setar High Court sentenced 33-year-old Nigerian Sylvester Okole to death on 28 March 2012 for trafficking 11.577 kg of cannabis at the Shahab Perdana bus terminal in October 2010. The court imposed the mandatory death sentence by hanging after finding the prosecution had proved its case.
🇲🇾 Shahab Perdana bus terminal, Alor Setar, Kedah · Malaysia
The High Court in Alor Setar sentenced 33-year-old Nigerian Sylvester Okole to death by hanging after convicting him of trafficking cannabis.[1][2]Judicial Commissioner Mohd Wahab found the prosecution had established the case beyond reasonable doubt and imposed the mandatory death sentence under the trafficking charge.[2]
Okole was charged with trafficking 11.577 kg of cannabis, described as Indian hemp, at Platform 8 of the Shahab Perdana bus terminal.[1][2]Local police officers arrested him there at about 9pm on 7 October 2010.[1]
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