KUALA LUMPUR: A major drug network capable of supplying narcotics to half the population has been uncovered, resulting in the arrest of two men and seizures estimated at RM170mil.
The suspects, aged 38 and 44, were arrested during a raid on a terrace house in Taman Gembira, Old Klang Road, on March 2.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the pair were spotted loading several white sacks from the house onto a lorry.
Upon inspection, police seized 3,205 packets of suspected methamphetamine weighing over 3,320kg from 128 sacks.
“Police also recovered four plastic packets containing ecstasy pills, weighing about 1.4kg,” he told a press conference yesterday.
A follow-up probe led police to another house in nearby Taman Overseas Union Garden, where 79 packets of suspected methamphetamine, weighing over 81kg, were found.
Comm Hussein said the drugs were enough for 17 million users.
The suspects have been remanded until March 16 to assist investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for trafficking offences.
Also on March 2, another police team busted an illegal drug-processing laboratory in Taman Perindustrian Subang.
Comm Hussein said 217 drums and five bottles of chemical substances, believed to be used in drug manufacturing, were found in the premises.
In another success, police dismantled a drug trafficking ring with the arrest of three men in Taman Sri Rampai on March 5.
Comm Hussein said 10 boxes containing suspected cannabis buds, weighing 124.7kg and worth an estimated RM10.2mil, were seized from a lorry parked outside a terrace house.
Police believe the syndicate, active since October last year, used lorries to transport drugs for distribution in the Klang Valley.
A four-wheel drive vehicle, valued at RM85,000, was confiscated under the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988.
Asked on the development of the probe into Sabah’s largest drug bust earlier this year, Comm Hussein said police were still tracking down three people believed to be linked to the case.
“So far, we have seized approximately RM7.1mil worth of items, including cash and jewellery,” he added.
In January, under Ops Coleoptera, police arrested eight suspects and seized over three tonnes of drugs in Sabah.
The syndicate had reportedly shipped cargo, declared as machinery, from Port Klang.
The total value of seized drugs and properties in the series of operations exceeded RM174mil.
