KUALA LUMPUR: The Klang High Court today acquitted a former store manager of drug trafficking without him having to enter a defence.
Judge Norliza Othman ordered Kumaresan Munusamy, 29, to be freed after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish its case.
In the judgment, Norliza said the prosecution failed to prove that the drugs were under the control of the accused at the time of the incident.
Kumaresan was charged with trafficking 39kg of cannabis in a squatter house behind a Chinese temple on Jalan Melawis, Klang, at 8pm on Nov 11, 2021.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Aqilah Ahmad Fuad prosecuted, while Sivahnanthan Ragava represented Kumaresan.