KUALA LUMPUR: A Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge and a Porsche Taycan 4S were among 18 luxury cars seized as cops smashed a drug trafficking syndicate.
It is learnt that other vehicles seized included a Mercedes-Benz AMG GLA3, a Mercedes-Benz GLC300, Lexus NX300, Toyota Alphard, GWM Tank 300 and a Volkswagen Passat.
The worth of all the assets seized were estimated to be about RM11.05mil.
These included 27 pieces of jewellery weighing 1.66kg, three gold bars weighing 2.1g, eight luxury watches, a Coach handbag and a ROG Strix Scar 17 laptop, while the cash seized amounted to RM4.9mil.
“The drug syndicate laundered illicit proceeds through a money-changing business.
“We detained 19 people, including seven women, during an operation on April 16,” Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan told a press conference yesterday.
One of the men detained was the mastermind.
He said the first raid, carried out at an apartment in Taman Wahyu, led to the seizure of cash in various currencies worth RM4.9mil.
“We detained two people. This subsequently led to further operations around Kepong.
“Subsequent raids were conducted in several locations around Kuala Lumpur, leading to the arrest of 17 additional suspects.”
He said the syndicate is believed to have been active since early this year.
“They would use apartments as locations to store and process drugs before distributing them to the Klang Valley market.”
Comm Hussein said the total drugs seized were 31.8kg of ketamine, 4.2kg of Erimin 5, 0.89kg of ecstasy pills and 6.5kg of MDMA with an estimated value of RM3.1mil.
He said that initial urine tests found three suspects positive for drugs.
Background checks showed that five had prior criminal records.
“Four suspects have been remanded for seven days from April 17 to April 23, while seven others are being detained under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act.
“Eight others have been released on police bail.
“The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment and a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction,” he said.
