KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20:

A car repossessor wept tears of relief when the High Court here discharged and acquitted him of trafficking 60.2gm of heroin and monoacetmorphine six years ago.

The reality that he had escaped the gallows, at first did not quite sink in for K. Puvaneaswaran, 31.

After Justice Datuk S. Augus-tine Paul acquitted him, he turned to a court policeman who nodded and smiled in reassurance.

Then a teary-eyed Puvaneas-waran turned to his wife and mother in the public gallery who were equally moved.

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