Sanctuary Hotel’s Jamie Pang freed from drug charges
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Sanctuary Hotel’s Jamie Pang freed from drug charges
PORT MORESBY: Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang was
freed of drug charges by the Boroko district court because Methamphetamine is
no described as a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drug Act.
Magistrate Garry Unjo said Pang could not be
penalised for something not prescribed by law.
The court proceedings were published by The National:
Pang’s drug
charges dismissed
January 27, 2022The
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THE Boroko District Court has
dismissed drug charges against the Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie
Pang because methamphetamine is not described as a dangerous drug under the
Dangerous Drug Act.
Magistrate Garry Unjo said Pang could not be penalised for something not
prescribed by law.
Magistrate Unjo said methamphetamine was not a dangerous drug under the
Dangerous Drug Act.
He added that it was public knowledge that drugs such as cocaine and
methamphetamine were not declared as dangerous drugs under that act.
Magistrate Unjo ordered that Pang’s bail be refunded and that police should
return Pang’s passport, computer and other items confiscated during the search.
Police alleged that on Nov 16, 2021 at 6.30am, Pang was at the hotel when
police and Customs officers participating in a joint special operation
codenamed “Saki Bomb” conducted a raid using a search warrant.
It was alleged that the search was conducted on targeted areas inside the hotel
premises, in Port Moresby, where they found a laboratory, and methamphetamine
(meth) in a room.
Pang was charged with being in possession and involved in producing a dangerous
drug.
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