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Prosecution failed to prove trafficking: defective seizure documentation, broken chain of custody, and uncorroborated retracted confession.
* Criminal law – Narcotics – Trafficking – proof beyond reasonable doubt – ownership and residence nexus for seized drugs – integrity of search and seizure documents. * Evidence – Chain of custody – unexplained delay and resealing of samples – impairment of evidential value. * Confessions – retracted caution statements – need for independent corroboration.
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