Cops held over RM3m bribe

Inspector, 3 corporals allegedly took money from syndicate in return for turning blind eye to drug deals

KUALA LUMPUR: A special team has begun investigations on a police inspector and three corporals, who allegedly took RM3 million from a drug syndicate in return for turning a blind eye to its activities.

“They have been identified and we are in the midst of gathering information. They are being interviewed. There will be no compromise,” Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said at an event yesterday.

He said the probe by Bukit Aman is in its early stages and police have yet to recover the alleged bribe the policemen are said to have received.

The four policemen, who are aged between 37 and 38, and are attached to the Selangor CID, were arrested by a Kuala Lumpur police team at about 10am on Tuesday at the Selangor police headquarters. Sources said all four have denied the allegation.

It is learnt that they were detained after a Taiwanese man, who was arrested last week by police during a drug bust in Cheras, lodged a report on Monday alleging he had paid RM3 million to the four suspects.

The foreigner, who was arrested over a drugprocessing laboratory he was allegedly operating in a condominium unit, claimed he was approached by the four days prior to the raid and was threatened with arrest.

The foreigner alleged the policemen demanded a multi-million ringgit bribe not to take action against him.

Days after the suspect paid the bribe, police raided the laboratory at Bandar Tun Razak, which had been operating for about two months.

The raiding party made seizures worth more than RM2.2 million, including 27kg of ketamine and a large quantity of ecstasy pills.

Two Taiwanese, a China national and a local man, all aged between 30 and 49, were arrested in the raid.

The location of the laboratory does not fall under the jurisdiction of the four Selangorbased policemen implicated in the case.