By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, April 11: The Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) dismantled a syndicate distributing drugs to Sarawak and seized 104kg of what was believed to be syabu (methamphetamine) worth RM3.33 million in an operation in the Klang Valley on April 5.
According to Bernama, Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Mohd Isa said three men who were all locals were arrested when police raided two hotel rooms in the Kuchai Lama area at 11.40pm on April 5.
During a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, he said in the first raid, two men were arrested and two suitcases containing 70 plastic packages of drugs believed to be syabu weighing 72.8kg were seized.
The second raid saw the arrest of the third suspect and the seizure of a suitcase containing 30 plastic packages, with drugs weighing 31.2kg.
Rusdi said the total weight of the drugs was 104kg which can meet the demand of 520,000 drug addicts at one time.
The three suspects, he said, were offered between RM8,000 and RM10,000 to act as drug mules to smuggle the drugs into Sarawak.
“This syndicate is believed to have started operating since January this year and this is the first time the suspects had been tasked with transporting drugs into Sarawak via air from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 2 to Miri Airport in Sarawak,” he said.
Rusdi said the preliminary urine screening found two of the suspects tested positive for morphine, and they possessed criminal records for drug offences, criminal threats, and vandalism.
He also said that all suspects have been remanded from April 6 to 12 to help in the investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. — DayakDaily
