Criminal Court disregarded crucial evidence to set top drug dealer free, reveals High Court ruling
01 Jun 2014, 5:03 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Criminal Court set a drug kingpin free after claiming that a hearing during which crucial evidence was presented never took place, a High Court ruling on May 29 has revealed.
The High Court overturned the lower court’s ruling and sentenced Hassan Yoosuf of Laamu atoll Gan Island to life in jail for trafficking 46.6 grams of cannabis products.
The Criminal Court said the state had not presented the rubber packet alleged to contain cannabis as physical evidence to the court. But both state prosecutors and Yoosuf testified at the High Court that the police brought the packet to the court on August 22, 2010.
However, the Criminal Court said it has no record of the hearing having taken place.
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