PONTIAN: A 75-year-old woman and three men were brought before the magistrate's court here today on three charges of trafficking and possessing drugs earlier this month.
The accused Chan Ah Moi, 75; Chan Chui Lai, 59; Tan Chee Seong, 50, and Lim Huang Kin, 40, nodded in acknowledgment after the charges were read before magistrate Nur Azzuin Abdul Moati.
However, no plea was recorded from all the accused as it is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
According to the charges, they were jointly accused of trafficking in methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MMDA) weighing 23,572.74g and 532.59g, as well as cannabis weighing 362.02g.
They were charged under Section 39B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and can be punished under Section 39B(2) of the same act.
The Act provides for the death penalty or life imprisonment and shall be punished with not less than 15 strokes, if not sentenced to death.
All the accused also pleaded not guilty to the charge of possessing 232.6g of ketamine.
The court has set July 21 for the next mention date of the case while awaiting the chemistry report.
Last Friday, Johor police chief Commissioner M Kumar said that an elderly woman was among four individuals detained on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking and packaging activities, with an estimated value of RM4.3 million.