SEREMBAN: Four individuals, including three Chinese nationals, have been charged at a Magistrate's Court here with operating a cocaine processing laboratory in Nilai.
No plea was recorded from Tan Wee Jin and foreigners He Jingjing, Cheng Ziyue, all 36, and Hu Jingjie, 28, after they were charged before Magistrate Syed Farid Syed Ali on Friday (Feb 28).
They were charged with running an operation to produce cocaine with the intention of trafficking the drugs.
The alleged offence was committed at around 6pm on Feb 17 at a unit in Nilai Spring Villas.
The four were charged under Section 39B (1)(c) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B (2).
Offenders can be sentenced to death or jailed between 30 and 40 years and caned upon conviction.
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Jingjing was also slapped with a second charge of trafficking 2.14kg of cocaine at the same time, date and place.
He was charged under Section 39B (1)(a), which also carries the death penalty or life imprisonment and caning.
Prosecuting officer Rubini Pubalan then told the court there would be no bail for the accused.
She also asked the court for a new mention date as the chemist's report was not ready.
Syed Farid then fixed April 24 for mention.
Lawyer Navin Punj appeared for Tan, while Chang Kai Ping represented Ziyue and Jingjie.
Jingjing was unrepresented.
It was earlier reported that police busted the illegal facility in Nilai and seized drugs, jewellery, luxury items and cash, including foreign currency, totalling RM3.2mil.
Four vehicles believed to belong to the suspects were also seized.
