KUALA LUMPUR: Two separate narcotics raids here led to the arrest of a dozen suspects including suspected drug pushers that operated online.
The operations, which were done by City police, were carried out from April 16 to 18.
City police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the first operation saw the arrest of five men and two women, between the ages of 20 to 28 years old, after two residences in the Mont Kiara area were raided in the early hours of April 16.
“A check on one of the bedrooms found three bags filled with 32kg of compressed cannabis and 2kg of cannabis cookies,” he said in a press conference at the KL police contingent headquarters on Monday (April 21).
Follow-up investigations led to another raid on a residence along Jalan Duta on April 17, which led to the detention of a 31-year old local man with a later inspection of the man’s vehicle uncovering 7kg of cannabis cookies in a box.
“It is believed that the suspects were part of an online cannabis distribution syndicate whose modus operandi was to acquire the drugs from neighbouring countries through online sources.
“They then sold the drugs here online and are also believed to have begun operating since sometime last year,” he said, adding that early urine tests found that five of the suspects were positive for cannabis consumption while another two tested negative.
He revealed that the cookies, which were separated into small plastic sachets displaying cartoon characters, were believed to have been sold for RM90 per sachet, with the total value of drugs seized believed to be worth around RM105,000.
He also noted that RM120 in cash, a motorcycle and three cars had been seized from the suspects.
The second separate operation on April 18 saw a raid on an entertainment outlet in Kepong Baru at 1.10am.
The raid led to the discovery of a variety of drugs hidden in a locked wooden cabinet, with the police also arresting a 49-year old local believed to be the main drug distributor.
The drugs found included 3.5kg of methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), 112 sticks of cannabis cigarettes, 20g of erimin 5 pills, 12g of ketamine and 11g of ecstacy.
Checks on a separate room in the same premises also led to the discovery of 350g of MDMA.
Two local men, three Thai women and a Vietnamese woman, aged between 26 to 44 years old, were detained during the operation.
“This operation successfully managed to detain the ‘doctor’ of the entertainment outlet who is believed to have been actively hiding and distributing drugs at the premises since last month,” he said.
In total, Comm Rusdi said the amount of drugs seized from both operations was valued at RM458,420 and was enough for up to 100,000 addicts to consume.
He added that all suspects detained from both operations had been remanded for seven days until April 23 to assist in investigations.
