Six detained may be linked to drug syndicate from peninsula
BINTULU: Six individuals, including two women, who were arrested in two separate operations on Thursday, are believed to have connection with a recent drugrelated case here.
Bintulu police chief Supt Zailanni Amit, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects — aged between 18 and 47 — might have been the supplier to the two suspected drug dealers, who were shot dead during a stand- off with police recently.
According to him, all six are from Peninsular Malaysia. The Bintulu CID team led by ASP Ismuni Umar raided a house at Sample Park Phase 3 in Jalan Tun Hussein Onn around noon on Thursday, where he enforcers first encountered a man who had just come out of a car.
Later checks produced nothing on him or from the car. Ismuni then directed his men to enter the house but it was locked.
“There, Ismuni ordered the suspect’s wife to open the door. The enforcers later found a cereal box inside a wood cabinet in the living room. Inside the box, there were 15 transparent plastic packets that contained what is believed to be syabu, weighing 840g worth RM100,800. The CID team also confiscated various items, including a car.
The couple, who has two son and three daughters, are now being detained pending investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
The first raid led to another on a house at Joy Park in Jalan Tun Hussein Onn around 1pm, where four more individuals including a woman were apprehended.
“Ismuni’s men also found 40g of syabu in a cigarette pack inside a rucksack placed on a dining table worth RM4,800. The four, however, denied that the illegal drugs belonged to them.
“Further inspection inside the house turned up more cigarette packs of various types, believed to be filled with syabu before distribution. Three cars and a motorcycle were also seized by police.”
The case is being investigated under Section 39A of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
It is suspected that both cases involved one of the largest drug syndicates from Peninsular Malaysia.
Recently, two foreign drug dealers were shot dead after having attacked police during a raid on a wooden shed believed to be used to package and distribute syabu at an oil palm plantation in Bintulu.