Chukai - Police raided three homestays believed to have been used to carry out drug trafficking activities in Kemaman on Saturday and Monday morning. Kemaman district police chief Superintendent Hanyan Ramlan said police detained five men, aged between 20 and 39, during the raids carried out at thre...
03/06/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESJohor Bharu - Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 47.6kg of syabu worth RM1.9 million following the arrest of two men, aged 22 and 29, in Teluk Sengat, Kota Tinggi, on Friday. Johor Police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said police seized the drugs, a Perodua Myvi, a Yamaha LC motorcycle, a fib...
26/05/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESAs the world focuses its attention on tje Covid-19 pandemis, an anti drug watch group reveals the maeket for synthetic drug is growing in the East and Southeast Asia. The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) also claims supplies have surged in the region as the price of methamphetamine ha...
18/05/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESBalik Pulau - What was supposed to be a case of Movement Control Order (MCO) violation, turned into something bigger when police crippled a ketum juice syndicate on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team went to a double-storey terrace house in Taman Iping, Batu Maung near here at 1am and found...
21/04/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESLangkawi - Police arrested four men who were packing drugs in a store in the backyard of a home in Kampung Bohor Masjid here on Saturday. Langkawi district police chief Superintendent Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the men, aged between 24 and 28, were arrested at 7.45pm. He said they were sitting on the f...
16/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESLangkawi - A 36-year-old woman was arrested for drug possession comprising heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis worth RM18,200 at a house in Taman Langkawi here on Thursday. In the 7pm raid, the woman was found hiding in a room at the kitchen when police searched the house. District police chief Sup...
14/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESJohor Baru - A 17-year-old was among 124 individuals who tested positive for drugs in raids on 13 entertainment centres in the state that began at midnight on Friday and ended at noon on Saturday. Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said Op Club Rats 3.0 convered the city, Batu Pahat,...
09/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESKuantan - Pahang police seized 6.9kg of syabu worth RM280,000 in two raids on Wednesday. State deputy police chief Datuk Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the drugs, packed in tea sachets, were seized at a business premises in Jalan Dato’ Lim Hoe Lek here and a house in Paka, Terengganu. He said police a...
08/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESThe military (Tatmadaw) has seized US$64 million worth of drugs and drugmaking paraphernalia over the past three days. According to the Myanmar Times, the drug haul was carried out in northern Shan State, which is the centre for heroin and synthethic drug production in Asia. It is the biggest haul i...
07/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESLangkawi -A total of 2,411 individuals, including 13 university students, were detained in two days under Op Mega by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID). They were detained during raids at 149 drug dens nationwide. The operation was aimed at curbing trafficking, smuggling and drug us...
02/03/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESA syndicate thought it could outsmart the police by mixing MDMA drugs into juice drink packets before delivering them to customers. However, their activities were detected by the police and led to the arrests of two men, aged aged 19 and 29, in five raids in Penangs and Kedah between 1 pm on Thursd...
25/02/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESKota Bharu - The General Operations Force (GOF) foiled an attempt to smuggle 300kg of ketum leaves, worth over RM10,000, into Thailand on Friday. GOF Ninth Battalion commanding officer Superintendent Nor Azizan Yusof said the incident occurred at about 5.40pm near the Wakaf Zin river. He said severa...
23/02/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESOn a plain suburban street in Seychelles, far from the idyllic coastline and luxury resorts pampering honeymooners and paradise-seekers,heroin addicts queue anxiously for their daily dose of methadone. It is a scene few outsiders would associate with the tropical nirvana adrift in the Indian Ocean,a...
21/02/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESKuala Lumpur - A couple living a luxurious lifestyle here was arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs at their condominium in Taman Mastiara, Jalan Ipoh here. Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner S. Shanmugamoorthy Chinniah said in the Feb 12 arrests, they first nabbed the 33-year-old male su...
20/02/2020 | NEWS STRAITS TIMES/SUNDAY TIMESPutrajaya - The government will review the country’s laws against the distribution and abuse of drugs, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. He said at present, the mandatory death penalty was seen by some as too harsh and ineffective as a deterrent.
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