Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said Mazli Muhammad’s appeal had no merit.

“Having gone through the appeal records and oral submission, we affirm the sentence as the appeal had no merit,” said Tengku Maimun, who sat with Azahar Mohamed and Zaleha Yusof.

Before imposing sentence, the top judge asked deputy public prosecutor Samihah Razali whether the prosecution considered a representation by the accused to have the charge reduced to possession.

Samihah said the prosecution wanted Mazli’s appeal to be decided by the court as it was only made in February after the Court of Appeal upheld the findings of the High Court.

The offence of trafficking is presumed when an accused is in possession of 200gm and above of cannabis.

Mazli, 47, committed the offence in a condominium at Kota Damansara, Selangor, on March 12, 2014, where the drugs were found in a biscuit tin.

His counsel, Radzi Mustafa, today submitted the trafficking charge could not stand because Mazli had no exclusive custody and control of the room he was staying in.

Furthermore, he said, the raiding officer told the trial court that the weight of drugs was 220gm while the chemist testified it was 202gm.

Samihah said there was no break in the chain of evidence in the prosecution’s case for the court’s intervention.