GEORGE TOWN – Police busted a heroin processing lab, detained two local men and seized an assortment of drugs worth RM5.78 million in a series of raids in Penang, last Tuesday.
Bukit Aman’s narcotics director Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the raids were conducted by Penang police’s narcotics department, following the arrest of a 46-year-old man at Lebuh Raya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu at 4pm on Tuesday.
“Following his arrest, police raided a supermarket car park in Alma, Bukit Mertajam near here about 8pm the same day and detained another man aged 42.
“Police were then led to a luxury condominium in Tg Tokong where they discovered a heroin processing lab,” he told at a press conference here today.
In the raid at the condominium, police also seized 65.38kg of heroin base, 13.62kg of heroin, 8.48kgs of caffeine, and numerous drug paraphernalia, all worth RM5.78 million, he said, adding that a Toyota Estima MPV worth RM70,000 was also seized in the operation.
Kamarudin said that based on preliminary investigation, the heroin base was smuggled overland from Thailand and the syndicate is suspected of being active since early this year and had been moving around to evade detection.
“The two suspects are experts in heroin processing and have been renting the condominium unit since last year,” he said, adding that police were on the hunt for other members of the syndicate.
He said the two men, both unemployed, with no previous record and having tested negative for drugs, were on remand for seven days until August 23 under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama, August 18, 2023
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