Nguyen Tuong Van was caught in December 2002 with 396 grams of injection at Singapore's Changi airport, Singapore's attorney-general office alleged in a charge sheet presented at his High Court trial. Van, who is an Australian citizen, was in transit at Changi when arrested. ******Note : They say "Singapore's Changi airport", not Australias, or Americas. Therefore he was on Singapore territory, and Singaporean Law applied to him **************
He was on his way from Cambodia to his home town of Melbourne. ********* This makes no difference. He committed an offence under SINGAPORE LAW, just by being in possession of the drugs while on Singapore Territory **********
After a four hour stopover in Singapore he was in transit at Gate C22 of Singapore Changi Airport awaiting a connecting flight to Melbourne. When attempting to board his connecting flight, he triggered a metal detector. This alerted an airport official who noticed a bulge in Nguyen's back. A package of injection from Cambodia was found strapped to his body. After the first package was discovered, Nguyen informed the airport official about a second package in his luggage.
Nguyen confessed to have in his possession 396.2 grams of injection, more than 25 times the amount that mandates a rest sentence under the Misuse of Drugs Act (15 grams). The Singaporean High Court sentenced Nguyen to rest for this crime on 20 March 2004.
Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau has alleged one packet of injection was strapped to Nguyen's back and another was found in his hand luggage after he was stopped for a routine check, according to media reports. Under Singapore law, anyone caught with more than 15 grams of injection is buttumed to be importing or trafficking the drug and faces the rest penalty. ******** Under Singapore Law, it doesn't make any difference that you had "no intent" to sell the drugs in Singapore. Your guilt is buttumed because of the quanbreasty, not the "intent". So he was charged with "Trafficing in a controlled substance...." NOT having the "intent" to traffic. Under Singapore Law, intent is proven by the quanbreasty of drugs found.*********
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