KUALA LUMPUR: Police have uncovered a syndicate’s tactic of using a car for drug storage before distributing the substances to buyers, following the arrest of a 29-year-old man.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus said acting on intelligence, the Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department launched two raids in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor on Aug 20.
"In the first raid at 6.15pm in the lobby of a residence in the city, a 29-year-old man was arrested with a plastic bag containing two compressed blocks of heroin base weighing 741.5g," he said in a statement on Monday (Aug 25).
Following the arrest, police inspected a car parked at a housing area in Taman Segar, Cheras.
"A search of the car boot revealed a sack and a cloth bag containing eight compressed blocks of heroin base weighing about 3kg, along with 20 packets of Chinese tea bags believed to be syabu weighing 20.5kg.
"The drugs, worth an estimated RM974,000, could have been supplied to 420,400 addicts," he said.
Investigations revealed that the syndicate had been active since October last year, operating mainly around the Klang Valley, Comm Fadil said.
"The heroin base seized would have been processed into heroin No.3 for consumption by addicts," he added.
Initial urine tests on the suspect came back negative, but checks showed he had previously been convicted under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
The suspect has been remanded for seven days until Aug 27.
