SINGAPORE - A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to death for heroin trafficking after the High Court rejected his contention that the majority of the drugs found in his apartment belonged to his 26-year-old girlfriend.
Mohamed Ansari Mohamed Abdul Aziz, a Singaporean, and his 26-year-old Indonesian girlfriend, Bella Fadila, were arrested by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers on March 24, 2016.
A search of the couple's rental apartment at Vibes @ East Coast found 77 packets containing more than 760g of a granular substance.
The substance was found to contain 30.23g of pure heroin after analysis.
The law provides for the death penalty if the amount of heroin trafficked exceeds15g.
Ansari initially claimed that Bella was not involved, but later incriminated her for helping to pack the drugs.
During his trial, Ansari alleged that 16.51g of the heroin belonged to Bella and that only 13.72g, below the threshold for capital punishment, was his.
Justice Valerie Thean, who convicted Ansari on July 22, said in written grounds issued on Monday that the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable that Ansari was in possession of all the drugs.
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