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The findings place drug traces under scrutiny in the ongoing inquest, but do not, on their own, establish what role, if any, it played in the events leading to Tembe’s death.

Meanwhile, a medical surgeon who examined the late rapper AKA after the incident testified about fresh scratches on his left forearm, the back of his right knee and marks on his neck.

The surgeon did not, however, confirm suggestions by Tembe’s lawyer that there were scratches on AKA’s back.

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