Penang police uncover two drug laboratories, arrest three men
GEORGE TOWN: Police have uncovered two drug processing laboratories and arrested three men, including a disabled, as well as seized various types of drugs worth RM520,000 in two separate raids here on Monday night.
Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said based on public tip- off and surveillance conducted since last week, a police team raided a flat in Taman Bukit Gambir here at 10 pm and arrested a cook.
“During the raid a man in his 30s was in the house and, upon police inspection, a drug laboratory in one of the rooms was uncovered. We found various types of unprocessed drugs that have been packed.
“Among the drugs seized were heroin weighing 15,151 grammes, base heroin (1,138 grammes), caffeine ( 25,866 grammes), equipments and chemical items for processing drugs,” he told a media conference here yesterday.
He said investigationrevealed the suspect obtained the supply from a drug syndicate and conducted drug processing activities at the house and distributed the drugs alone over the past three months.
Mior Faridalatrash said in the second raid at a condominium in Penang Times Square, Jalan Patani here, police arrested two men, including a disabled person, and uncovered a laboratory that had been in operation since three months ago.
“The two unemployed men, both in their 30s, were in the house during the raid at 11.15pm and, as a result of police investigation, 1,000 gramms of heroin valued at RM20,000 was uncovered while various equipments for processing drugs were seized,” he said.
He said police believed the two men involved were members of a drug syndicate and efforts to trace other syndicate members were being carried out.
In another development, Mior Faridalatrash said police managed to solve 17 motorcycle theft cases and recovered 10 motorcycles worth RM10,000 after a man was arrested at a petrol station in Jalan Burma, here at 3am on March 9.
He said the suspect was detected after he advertised a motorcycle for sale with a much cheaper price through the facebook social media site by claiming the original buyer had failed to pay installments to the shop or bank. — Bernama