Raids turn up drugs worth over RM3mil
THE STAR
Big haul: Comm Mohd Mokhtar (left) discussing the items seized during the raid at the press conference in Bukit Aman.
KUALA LUMPUR: Drugs worth RM3.6mil were seized and 20 people nabbed after a series of actions by police over the weekend.
Those arrested included 14 triad members and two Taiwanese men.
In the first case, Bukit Aman and Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau busted an international syndicate and confiscated RM3mil worth of drugs, believed to be syabu, after detaining six suspects, including a woman and two Taiwanese men.
Investigations revealed the drugs were smuggled into the country from China and stuffed into items like radiators.
“They would often declare the goods as machinery items to avoid detection,” said Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff, adding that police believed that some of the drugs were exported to Indonesia.
Among other items seized were a Mercedes-Benz, foreign currencies and jewellery, he told a press conference yesterday.
Comm Mohd Mokhtar said that those nabbed, aged between 24 and 52, were picked up in Bukit Bintang here between Friday night and Saturday morning.
“The first two suspects were arrested in a car. There were drugs hidden in the vehicle’s armrest.
“That led us to a nearby hotel where we arrested four more people and discovered 42kg of substance,” he said.
In the second case, two drug laboratories were uncovered with police seizing various drugs worth RM600,000. They also arrested 14 triad members, including a teenager.
Comm Mohd Mokhtar said the suspects, aged between 17 and 40, were detained at seven separate locations in Shah Alam, Klang and Banting on Saturday.
The drub laboratories were discovered in Klang.
“Among others, we also confiscated jewellery and 13 vehicles including a Mercedes-Benz, BMW and a Toyota Vellfire, worth about RM1mil in total,” he said.
Between Jan 1 and Aug 18, police arrested 128,008 people for drug-related offences and seized 76 various types of firearms and hand grenades.
Big haul: Comm Mohd Mokhtar (left) discussing the items seized during the raid at the press conference in Bukit Aman.
KUALA LUMPUR: Drugs worth RM3.6mil were seized and 20 people nabbed after a series of actions by police over the weekend.
Those arrested included 14 triad members and two Taiwanese men.
In the first case, Bukit Aman and Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau busted an international syndicate and confiscated RM3mil worth of drugs, believed to be syabu, after detaining six suspects, including a woman and two Taiwanese men.
Investigations revealed the drugs were smuggled into the country from China and stuffed into items like radiators.
“They would often declare the goods as machinery items to avoid detection,” said Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff, adding that police believed that some of the drugs were exported to Indonesia.
Among other items seized were a Mercedes-Benz, foreign currencies and jewellery, he told a press conference yesterday.
Comm Mohd Mokhtar said that those nabbed, aged between 24 and 52, were picked up in Bukit Bintang here between Friday night and Saturday morning.
“The first two suspects were arrested in a car. There were drugs hidden in the vehicle’s armrest.
“That led us to a nearby hotel where we arrested four more people and discovered 42kg of substance,” he said.
In the second case, two drug laboratories were uncovered with police seizing various drugs worth RM600,000. They also arrested 14 triad members, including a teenager.
Comm Mohd Mokhtar said the suspects, aged between 17 and 40, were detained at seven separate locations in Shah Alam, Klang and Banting on Saturday.
The drub laboratories were discovered in Klang.
“Among others, we also confiscated jewellery and 13 vehicles including a Mercedes-Benz, BMW and a Toyota Vellfire, worth about RM1mil in total,” he said.
Between Jan 1 and Aug 18, police arrested 128,008 people for drug-related offences and seized 76 various types of firearms and hand grenades.
