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Cops raid drug-fuelled parties, nab 20 people

Many test positive for methamphetamine, ketamine

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 06 Dec 2020 7:38PM

Cops raid drug-fuelled parties, nab 20 people
Dang Wangi district police chief Mohamad Zainal Abdullah says that in the first raid at about 1am at a condominium unit, police arrested six individuals comprising five men and a woman, aged 21 to 27 years. – Pixabay pic, December 6, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR – Police arrested 20 individuals in separate raids on two condominium units on suspicion of being involved in drug-laced wild parties at Jalan Sultan Ismail near here, early this morning.

Dang Wangi district police chief Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said in the first raid at about 1am at a condominium unit, police arrested six individuals comprising five men and a woman, aged 21 to 27 years.

According to him, inspection at the premises found various types of drugs, namely 2.05g of cannabis, two erimin 5 pills, one gramme of ketamine and an ecstasy pill, as well as a plastic bottle suspected to be used for smoking marijuana.

“Upon screening, four men tested positive for methamphetamine and ketamine and all of them have been remanded for two days for further investigation,” he said in a statement today.

Zainal said in the second raid on a different condominium unit at the same location at about 2am, 14 men aged 20 to 27 years were arrested and various drugs were also found.

He said upon screening 13 of them tested positive for methamphetamine, tetrahydrocannabinol, amphetamine, and ketamine and all of them were remanded for a day to facilitate further investigations.

Checks found that the two condominium units were rented at RM225 and RM500 a day and the invitations to attend the party were made through contacts and social networking sites. – Bernama, December 6, 2020

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