KOTA BAHARU, Aug 19 — The High Court here today sent an unemployed man to the gallows after finding him guilty of trafficking 66.2gm of heroin last year.

Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah handed down the sentence to Mohamed Hasrool Mohamed Najri, 20, after ruling that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts at the end of the prosecution’s case.

In his judgment, Azman said Mohamed Hasrool’s statement that he was asked by

a man known only as ‘Abe Adnan’ to take a plastic package under the roof of the man’s house had failed to raise any doubts.

“The court agree that the accused’s statement on ‘Abe Adnan’ has failed to raise any reasonable doubts because it is unknown whether or not Abe Adnan really exists,” he said.

Mohamed Hasrool committed the offence at a petrol station in Mukim Maka,

Jalan Pasir Mas-Tanah Merah, Tanah Merah, at 5.10 pm on July 15, 2013.

He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which

carries a mandatory death penalty upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Nordalina Ali prosecuted, while Mohamed Hasrool was

represented by lawyer Ahmad Ridzuan Awang. — Bernama