MELAKA – Police detained 18 individuals, including university and secondary school students, during a raid on a wild drug-fuelled party at a homestay here in Alai.
Melaka Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department chief Zulkiflee Rashid said all of them, including four women, aged between 15 and 24 years, were detained at 1.25am yesterday.
“Thirteen individuals, including the three students, also tested positive for methamphetamine and ganja.
“The suspects were high on drugs when the homestay was raided,” he said in a statement today.
Zulkiflee said police also seized a transparent plastic package containing pills believed to be ecstasy weighing 0.45g, and 2.60g of compressed dried leaves, believed to be ganja, from two suspects.
He said the two suspects have been remanded for four days from yesterday to facilitate investigations under Section 12(3) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Section 6 of the same act.
“The other suspects are being investigated under Section 15 (1) (a) of ADB 1952,” he said, adding that checks showed that all those arrested had no previous drug-related records. – Bernama, October 18, 2021
