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| Sentencing for the drug trafficking case to be made by the High Court |
A magistrate has elevated the sentencing of a Filipina to the High Court after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in a case that dates back to 2024.
Eastern Court Magistrate Minnie Wat left to the High Court the
scheduling of the next hearing for Ma. Divina Yap, 49 years old, unemployed, with
no permanent address -- and remanded her back to jail.
Magistrate Wat made the order after Yap pleaded guilty to trafficking
in dangerous drugs, contrary to sections 4(1)a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs
Ordinance, Cap. 134 in a hearing on Thursday (Jan. 23)..
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A police complaint said Yap was arrested in Aug. 1, 2024 at the
basement of 43-45 High Street, Sai Ying: Pun, for allegedly selling a dangerous
drug, namely 22.37 grams of a crystalline solid containing 22.37 grams of
methamphetamine hydrochloride (otherwise known as shabu or ice).
In a separate case at Shatin Court on the same day, Filipina Vanessa Poblacion was sent back to jail after the two charges of drug trafficking, with three Indian co-accused, were adjourned to March 19.
Poblacion was not included in the first charge, where Bawa Karnesh,
Alam Aftab and Mohammed Kalimuddin, were accused of trafficking 3,050 gram of
cannabis in herbal form on May 30, 2023 at Tsing Kwai Highway, Tsing Yi, New
Territories.
In the second charge, she was accused along with the three, for trafficking a long list of drugs on May 30, 2023, at a room of Rambler Oasis Hotel, on Tsing Yi Road, New Territories. The drugs included:
- 694.64 grams of cannabis in herbal form;
- 1,718.7 grams of cannabis resin;
- 603 grams of a solid containing cannabis resin;
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- 39.6 grams of a crystalline solid containing 39.6 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride;
- 11.9 grams of a solid containing 9.90 grams of ketamine;
- 15.6 grams of a solid containing 8.70 grams of cocaine;
- 15.4 grams of a solid containing 13.5 grams of a solid containing N,N-dimethylpentylone;
- 2,861 grams of a solid containing 1.71 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol;
- 25.1 grams of a liquid containing 18.11 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol;
- 21.7 grams of a solid containing 16.7 grams of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine;
- 339 tablets and 1 tablet fragment containing 21.97 grams of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; and
- 0.06 grams of a solid containing lysergide.
Of the three Indians, Bawa was allowed bail of $60,000 plus surety of $30,000, while Alam was allowed bail of $100,000 and Mohammed was remanded,
