A labourer was sentenced to six years' jail and ordered to be whipped 10 times by a Sessions Court here for possessing 94.4g of cannabis.

Judge Fathiah Idris ordered Shahrin Ishak, 31, to serve the sentence from the date of arrest after Shahrin pleaded guilty to the charge Tuesday.

Shahrin was charged under Section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for possessing the drugs, kept inside a blue box under a cupboard, at his house in Taman Berpadu, Sitiawan, on Aug 4 at about 11.45pm.

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