Selangor Police Bust Two Drug Syndicates, Arrest Five And Seize Drugs Worth RM16.7 Mln

SHAH ALAM, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Police successfully dismantled two drug trafficking syndicates in the Klang Valley with the arrest of five local men and seizure of 164 kilograms of various drugs worth RM16.7 million in three separate raids on Tuesday and yesterday.

Selangor Police Chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar stated that the suspects, aged between 18 and 47, were detained in raids carried out in Banting, Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2), and around Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday afternoon and early yesterday morning.

In the first case, two local men were arrested in a car at a traffic light intersection in Banting at 3:45 pm on Tuesday, while they were en route to Kuala Lumpur and a search of the vehicle uncovered 30 packages of ecstasy weighing 61,760 grams and three packages of Erimin 5 weighing 9,850 grams in the back seat.

The first suspect, a 47-year-old contractor and widower, had 18 prior criminal records while the second suspect, a 42-year-old unemployed man, had 22 prior records, both related to criminal and drug offences and the value drugs seized in this case was RM13.6 million, along with a necklace and watch worth RM15,500.

In the second case, an 18-year-old male, believed to be a drug transporter, was apprehended at 5:10 am on Tuesday while waiting for a flight to Sarawak.

He had allegedly made several previous attempts to smuggle drugs, receiving RM1,000 per delivery and a search of his luggage revealed five plastic packages containing 4.5 kg of syabu (methamphetamine).

This arrest led to a second raid on a condominium in Kuala Lumpur at 1:10 pm the following day, where two more local men were detained while a search of the premises, used as a drug storage facility, uncovered 89 plastic packages of syabu weighing 86,795 grams and a white drum containing 5,850 grams of liquid syabu.

These two unemployed suspects were reportedly supplying syabu to the individual arrested at KLIA2 for distribution to Miri, Sarawak. The drug supply is believed to have originated from a neighboring country.

One of these suspects had a prior criminal record, while the other two had none. Urine tests conducted on all three were negative for drugs. The estimated total value of the drugs seized in this case was RM3.7 million.

The five suspects are currently under a seven-day remand order under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code and are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

-- BERNAMA