Teacher on AWOL arrested twice within a week in drug possession case
LAWAS: A teacher from Lawas who was absent without leave (AWOL) for a year is back in the police lock-up after being rearrested for possessing Syabu in Sundar on Monday afternoon, barely a day after his release from remand for drug possession.
The teacher who failed to turn up for work for a year was first arrested by Lawas Narcotics Crimes Investigation Department (NCID) officers last week for possessing 3.4g of Syabu at a house, and was remanded for investigations.
The teacher was arrested a second time at 4.30 pm on Monday during a raid of a cemetery in Sundar for possession of 3.4g of drugs.
Lawas police chief DSP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 37-year- old suspect was rearrested after a body search on him revealed a crystalline substance in four pink, one green and one red straw suspected to be Syabu.
The items were concealed in a cigarette box kept in a pocket of his trousers.
“This is the second time the suspect is arrested in a week,” Abang Zainal revealed.
He tested positive when first arrested on March 6 for possession of a chocolate-coloured bag containing seven straws of reddish and five straws of greenish substance weighing 3.4g, suspected to be Syabu.
A woman and four male suspects were also detained near Sundar Cemetery and other parts of Sundar in this operation on Monday this week.
The 22-year- old woman and the male suspects, aged 26 to 32, all from Sundar had tested positive for Amphetamine abuse.
A body search of one of the male suspects found 1.1g of drug in his possession.
The case has been investigated under Section 12 ( 2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 for drug abuse and Section 15 (1)(a) for drug possession.