Foreigner to face death penalty for drug possession

PAPAR: A foreign man will face the death penalty after police seized 97 grams of syabu worth RM7,000 during a raid here early yesterday morning.

District police chief DSP Ladamah Sulaiman said the 45-year-old suspect was nabbed inside a hut at a swamp area in Skim Penempatan Kinarut around 7 am.

“The suspect was taking a nap when police approached him.

“My men found three plastic packets of crystal-like substance believed to be syabu, weighing around 97 grams with a street price of RM7,000,” he told a press conference.

Ladamah said police investigation also believed the 97 grams of drugs, if repackaged could be divided up to 2,000 smaller packets.

“Each smaller packet, about 0.1 gram, could be sold at RM50 per packet.

“Thus, we believed the suspect was about to repackage the drugs into smaller packets before he was nabbed,” said Ladamah.

The suspect is currently under remand and would be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Meanwhile, between January until June this year, 20 people have been detained for numerous drug offences.

Ladamah added that although the drug situation in Papar is still under control, police will continue to carry out more operations and raids with help from other agencies.

He also urged the public to continue their cooperation with the police in combating drug activities in Papar and its surrounding areas.