By Dorcas Ting
KUCHING, Feb 8: The Sessions Court here sentenced a habitual drug offender to five years in jail for administering amphetamine and methamphetamine.
Suzilawati Mohamad Samad, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge framed under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and read together with Section 39C(1) of the same Act.
Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan sentenced her to imprisonment of five years.
The accused was charged with administering amphetamine and methamphetamine at the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department Office at Kuching Police District Headquarters, at about 4.42pm on January 3, 2022.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Md Syafique Md Hilmie told the Court that the accused had two previous records of administering dangerous drugs in 2020.
The accused in her mitigation said that she took drugs because she needed to work and she had to take care of her children aged 17 and 24 respectively. — DayakDaily
