KUALA LUMPUR: Seven suspects including four foreigners were detained and drugs worth RM2.6 million were seized by police in the Klang Valley and Terengganu since Tuesday.
Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said the seven suspects aged 20-41 years’ old were involved in several drug trafficking syndicates.
The first case involved the detention of three men including a Thai at Bandar Sri Damansara on Tuesday at about 11.15pm.
“At first we detained a foreign man driving a Toyota Crown and subsequently detained two others in the same area.
“On checking the car, we found 60 slabs of compressed ganja hidden in a secret compartment in a section of the car which has been modified,” he said
Initial investigation found that the suspects were active smuggling drugs from Thailand into Malaysia since the last three months.
[Picture – DRUG HAUL: Noor Rashid (centre) showing slabs of compressed ganja seized in raids in the Klang Valley and Terengganu during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. Also present is his deputy Datuk Othman Harun (left). – Bernama photo]
Noor Rashid said in the second case, three foreigners, including a woman, were detained at 4.15am yesterday behind a petrol kiosk in Jalan Duta
“Two men rushed out of the car to escape but were caught after a struggle. Also detained was a woman in the car.
“A check on the car found two backpacks containing 29 slabs of ganja weighing about 28.1 kg.”
Investigation of two Nigerian men and a Thai woman revealed that the drugs were brought from Nigeria with transit in Thailand before they were smuggled into Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Terengganu police crippled a drug trafficking syndicate with the detention of a local man aged 26-year-old man on Tuesday.
“The assorted drugs seized were 6,930 WY pills worth RM173,250, five bottles heroin worth RM5,000 and cash amounting RM31,000,” he said.
The suspects had been remanded while the cases are investigated under Section 39 (B) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. — Bernama
