Justice Rohani Ismail however cautioned Seow Sun Fong to be mindful of the company he keeps.
“Be prudent with the people you befriend,” the judge said.
In her oral judgment, Rohani said the prosecution had failed to prove all the ingredients of the charge for the court to order the accused to enter his defence.
“Having heard all the five prosecution witnesses and submissions by both parties, I am of the view that the prosecution has failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused as per Section 180(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code,” she said.
Seow, 43, was charged with committing the offence at the car park of a resort-cum-apartment in Port Dickson at 9.30am on March 1, 2021.
He was arrested in a police raid outside an apartment unit which belonged to his friend.
Besides the accused, the police only arrested a Vietnamese woman, who was not called by the prosecution to testify.
Seow then led the police to a car that belonged to his friend, where the drugs were found.
Police, however, did not arrest Seow’s friend, identified as Ah Tack@ Lim Kwan Poh.
Those found guilty of trafficking may be sentenced to death or jailed for up to 30 years. Males below the age of 50 are also subjected to a minimum 12 strokes of the rotan.
Deputy public prosecutor Nisa Hazwani Omar prosecuted while Haresh Mahadevan and Ramzani Idris acted for Seow.
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