Drug lab busted with RM35 million seizure
KAMPAR: Perak Police have crippled a drug-processing syndicate after raiding a store and premises which had been turned into a mini laboratory by confiscating drugs worth RM35 million and arrested four people on Dec 4.
Director of the Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said the mini lab was hidden within the premises of an apartment in Taman Kolej Perdana here and the drugs were kept in a store in the Gopeng Industrial area.
“Four local men aged between 26 and 39 who were at the store at the time of the operations at 7.45 p.m. on Dec 4 were remanded beginning yesterday until Dec 11 under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
“676 kilogrammes of packed syabu drugs were also seized. They were believed to be for the local and international market,” he said in a press conference held at the Kampar District Police Headquarters here yesterday.
The raid was jointly conducted by the Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department and the Perak Contingent Police Headquarters.
Mohmad said following further investigations, the four men were found to be negative for drugs but two had previous drug-related criminal records.
He added that police conducted a raid on an apartment which had been used as a laboratory and found various types of drugs as well as drugprocessing apparatus at 1 a.m. on Wednesday. - Bernama