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| Almost a kilo of herbal cannabis was found with the suspects (File) |
A Filipina was left in jail custody, along with an Indian co-accused, while two other Indians were able to post bail in a drug trafficking case heard at Shatin Court.
Vanessa Poblacion, 33 years old and unemployed, was charged
with trafficking in a dangerous drug, along with three Indians – Karnesh Bawa,
32, Aftab Alam, 31, and Kalimuddin Mohammed, 48, in a hearing on Wednesday
(Feb. 7).
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Poblacion was charged with Bawa, a merchant, with drug trafficking
after they were arrested on May 30 last year inside the Rambler Oasis Hotel in Tsing
Yi, New Territories.
Seized from them were 38 packs of herbal cannabis weighing
813.48 grams in total, 62 sticks of cannabis resin weighing 83.48 grams in
total, 30 bags of cannabis candies, 34 cannabis vape cartridges, 350 pills of
methylenedioxy methamphetamine, four packs of methylenedioxy methamphetamine
weighing 22.9 grams in total, 650 pieces of N-methoxybenzyl (“drug stamp”), and
five packs of Ketamine weighing 113.58 grams in total.
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Bawa was also charged with the two other Indians, who were
bogth unemployed, with drug trafficking after they were arrested on the same
day in a car on Tsung Kwai Highway in Tsing Yi.
Seized from the three were six packs of herbal cannabis
weighing 3.3 kilos and one metal container which contained herbal cannabis
weighing 33 grams.
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In addition, Bawa was also charged for three offenses.
After he was arrested, police found in his possession an apparatus
usually used in inhaling “ice” (or shabu), in violation of the Dangerous Drugs
Ordinance.
Bawa was also caught driving a car that was not registered
and licensed, in violation of the Road Traffic Ordinance.
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Since the same car was not insured, he was also charged with
violating the Motor Vehicle insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance.
While Bawa was able to post bail of $60,000 in cash and
$30,000 in surety and Alam was set free on a cash bail of $100,000, Mohammed
and Poblacion were remanded in jail custody by Acting Principal Magistrate Amy Chan.
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