Civil servants among 32 nabbed in private party, drugs found in hotel room


KUALA LUMPUR: A private party attended by several public servants was busted by police after they raided a hotel here.

Dang Wangi OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said that the raid was conducted at around 2am Sunday (June 6) on Jalan Pinang.

"Around 32 people were detained, including four public servants," he said.

Twenty of the attendees were issued compound notices, whereas eight foreigners and the four public servants will be investigated for conducting social gatherings during the MCO period.

"We also found one packet of ketamine. We also found that the person who booked the room at the hotel was one of the public servants caught," he said.

Of the 32 detained, 13 were women, he added.

"For those who were issued compound notices, we have given fines of RM2,000 per person," he said.

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