Police uncover drug lab, arrest six individuals
SEREMBAN: Police arrested six men – five Indian nationals and a local – on Friday, believed to have been involved in syabu (methamphetamine) processing activities in Port Dickson.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said the police also seized RM2.4 million worth of drugs and chemicals used in methamphetamine processing.
“The operations involved three raids, jointly carried out by the Bukit Aman and Negeri Sembilan NCIDs, which began at 6.20pm on Friday and ended yesterday at 2.15am.
“During the first raid, the police arrested a 21-year-old local man and a 30-year-old Indian national in a village in Rantau.
“The arrest of the two suspects led to a goat pen in the oil palm plantation in Linggi which was used as a drug processing laboratory,” he told reporters yesterday.
Mohmad said the police then arrested four Indian nationals, aged 27 to 40, and they tested positive for drugs.
“Police also seized 4.3 kg of crystalline substance believed to be syabu, 43.7kg of liquid syabu and 50kg of chemical powder used in the drug-making process. “The third raid on a house in Teluk Kemang found that it was also used to process syabu in a smaller scale and police seized 150g of crystalline substance believed to be syabu, 1.3kg of liquid syabu and chemical powder to process drugs.
The processed drugs believed to be for the local market and based on the amount of confiscated ingredients, 23kg of syabu could be produced to cater to 115,000 addicts, he said.
The six suspects were remanded for seven days until Friday, and the case was being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.