Police bust two international drug syndicates, seize RM12.6m worth of ganja at KLIA

“SHAH ALAM, May 8 — Police busted two international drug trafficking syndicates after seizing drugs worth RM12.6 million at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and a house in Kota Warisan, Sepang, at the end of last month. Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said seven foreigners comprising six men and one woman aged between 18 and 27 were arrested in the operation, carried out by police and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad auxiliary police. Shazeli said police got their break on April 28 when they arrested four suspects, including a woman, after detecting four suspicious bags passing through a scanner machine at the KLIA terminal. “Inspection found 64 plastic packets containing compressed slabs believed to be ganja flowers weighing 67.2 kilogrammes (kg), with the seizure estimated to be worth RM5.4 million. Police also seized RM580 in cash, 20 euros (RM91.98) in foreign currency and an Audemars Piguet watch worth about RM80,000,” he told a press conference at the Selangor police contingent headquarters today. For the second syndicate, police arrested a 20-year-old man after detecting two suspicious bags passing through a baggage scanner at KLIA Terminal One. He said further checks uncovered 59 plastic packets containing compressed ganja flowers weighing 29.5 kg, with the seizure estimated to be worth RM2.4 million. “Following intelligence gathered from the second arrest, police then raided a residential unit in Kota Warisan, where they arrested two more men aged 19 and 25 and found four bags containing 109 plastic packets filled with compressed ganja flowers weighing 60 kg. The seizure was estimated to be worth RM4.8 million,” he said. Shazeli said the three raids resulted in the seizure of 156.7 kg of ganja flowers worth RM12.6 million. The cases are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and all suspects have been remanded for between seven and 14 days. He said preliminary investigations found that none of the suspects had criminal records in Malaysia and they were believed to have used social visit passes to carry out drug trafficking activities in the country. He said some suspects are also believed to have acted as drug mules based on the payments received, amounting to between 3,000 euros and 5,000 euros (RM13,796 to RM22,994) and 5,000 British pounds (RM26,546) for a single trip. On another matter, Shazeli said the investigation paper on the case involving defiance of Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s decree relating to the conduct of Friday prayers and the azan at a surau in Ampang has been completed and submitted to the Selangor Prosecution Office for further instructions. Previously, the media reported that police had placed a local man suspected of being involved in the azan petition issue in Ampang on a special circular list to prevent him from fleeing abroad. — Bernama

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