Rapper Pest’s acquittal on drug charges appealed

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The state has appealed Criminal Court’s acquittal of rapper Ismail Ifham Mohamed (Pest) on drug trafficking charges. Pest was one of five suspects arrested by police with 2.5 kilos of drugs in an operation by the Drug Enforcement Department (DED) on February 13, 2021. He was pressed with five charges; trafficking cannabis, using cannabis, trafficking diamorphine (heroin), trafficking a Schedule 1 drug, and use,