KUALA LUMPUR – Police seized various types of drugs, weighing 93kg and estimated to be worth RM2.8 million, besides arresting seven individuals including a local university couple in two separate raids here on Tuesday.
Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Datuk Yahaya Othman said the couple, aged 29 and 30, were nabbed in Ops Grace that began at 6.50am at a condominium lobby in Wangsa Maju, here, where the “mushroom” drug weighing 1kg was found in their bag.
He said police then went to a condominium unit rented by the two suspects and found 57kg of the “mushroom” drug, 17.7g of cannabis, and 23 bottles of drug-laced vape liquid.
“The suspects were believed to be processing drugs bought online from a neighbouring country to be sold as cigarettes and vape liquid following the discovery of 2.9kg of drug processing powder, 27.8l of chemicals, and various processing equipment and machines,” he said at a press conference, here today.
Yahaya said customers in the Klang Valley received supplies directly from the suspects while those outside the Klang Valley were served via courier service.
He said the two suspects – holders of a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a hotel management diploma respectively – tested negative for drugs. However, the man possessed a criminal record for a drug-related offence, he added.
Meanwhile, police confiscated 34kg of syabu and detained four foreign men and a woman, aged between 28 and 60, at a condominium in Taman Desa, here, in Ops Paloma conducted at about 6pm the same day.
“All the suspects who began their drug trafficking activities in the Klang Valley since three months ago are being remanded until Tuesday (October 18) to help in the investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” Yahaya said. – Bernama, October 13, 2022
