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| Eastern Magistrates' Court |
A Filipino who lives in Macau has learned an expensive lesson after emerging from a hearing at the Eastern Court today: he was fined $8,000 for having in his possession less than a gram of ice or shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride).
K.N. Baniwas, 25 years old and holder of a Macau
Identity Card, was accused in a police complaint of possession of a dangerous
drug, contrary to sections 8(1) (a) and (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
He was arrested by police on April 28 this year at Lee
Garden Road, at the Junction of, Lan Fong Road, Hong Kong Island and was found
to have in his possession a plastic bag containing 0.08 gram of a crystalline solid containing
methamphetamine hydrochloride (a salt of methamphetamine).
Baniwas pleaded guilty before Principal Magistrate David Cheung,
who handed down the sentence after considering the small amount of the drug in
his possession.
