It said Yusoff was standing beside the car when a police raiding party approached him after a two-hour surveillance.

The prosecution said three witnesses testified that Yusoff’s identity card was found in the car parked outside a condominium.

“The accused’s documents, like the identity card, strengthen the inference that he had custody and control of other items in the vehicle,” it said in a written submission filed at the High Court today.

The prosecution said Yusoff had the key to the car and assisted the police in conducting a search in the vehicle.

It said Yusoff would also know where he kept or concealed other items in the car.

“The accused had cleverly concealed the 305gm of drugs at the rear passenger seat, but one can draw inference that he had knowledge, custody and control,” it said.

It said Yusoff should be asked to enter his defence for drug trafficking and possession of imitation guns as a prima facie case has been established.

Yusoff is also deemed to be a trafficker as he was in possession of more than 200gm of cannabis, it said.

The prosecution said Yusoff did not state to the police that the drugs were for his own consumption, as he is not a drug dependent.

It said the fake pistols were found under the left front passenger seat of the car used by the accused, who had concealed it to prevent anyone else from noticing it.

Yusoff’s defence is that the drugs and pistols were planted to entrap him.

He is accused of trafficking in 305gm of cannabis found in the vehicle when it was parked in front of the Kuala Lumpur police surau at 10.15am on Sept 6, 2024.

The drugs were allegedly wrapped in a black plastic bag.

The charge, framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, provides for the death penalty or, in the alternative, 30 years’ imprisonment and also whipping of not less than 12 lashes, if found guilty.

Yusoff is also charged with possessing the fake pistols outside the Senada Condominium on Jalan Bukit Kiara at 9.25am the same day.

The imitation pistols were also allegedly wrapped in a black plastic bag.

The charge, under Section 36(1) of the Arms Act 1960, carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of up to RM5,000, or both, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutors Sabri Othman and Shahrizzat Amadan are appearing for the prosecution.

Lawyers Rafique Rashid Ali and Gurdial Singh Nijar are representing Yusoff.

Justice Jamil Hussin, who is presiding over the trial, is scheduled to deliver his decision on June 12.