Police bust drug lab in hole under terrace house, seize RM1.27mil of drugs

Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim showing the pictures of underground drug lab at Taman Bukit Idaman during press conference on Monday. -S.S. KANESAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have uncovered an underground drug lab under a terrace house here.

City police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the secret lab was hidden in a 10m x 10m hole dug out from the floor of a terrace house at Taman Bukit Idaman, Batu Caves, adding that millions of ringgit worth of methamphetamine (also known as syabu) were manufactured there.