KUALA LUMPUR: A cross-border drug trafficking syndicate has been busted with the seizure of methamphetamine worth RM16mil in Selangor.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department acting
director Deputy Comm Mat Zani @ Mohd Salahuddin Che Ali said this followed the arrest of two local men after the police stopped their car at 7.20am on March 27 in Subang Jaya.
“Police searched the car and found six sacks containing 150 packages of methamphetamine weighing 156kg in the rear passenger seat and bonnet.
“Following the arrest, police raided a homestay in the same area which was used as a store and seized 12 sacks containing 300 packages of the drug weighing 312kg,” he told a press conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters here yesterday.
DCP Mat Zani said another raid was conducted on the same day at 1pm at a warehouse in Taman Bukit Permai, Ampang, Bernama reported.
The raid led to the discovery of two more sacks containing the same type of drug weighing 51kg.
“The syndicate is believed to have been active since September last year and rented premises, like a homestay, to store drugs before distributing them to the local and overseas markets.
“The homestay used in this case was rented at RM195 per day since March 26,” he said.
The drugs are believed to have been brought into the country from a neighbouring country.
Both suspects tested negative for drugs but one of them has a record for an offence under Section 76 of the Excise Act 1976.
“The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and both suspects are on remand for 11 days from March 28 to April 7,” said DCP Mat Zani.
