JOHOR BARU: Two suspects aged 37 and 43 were detained by police after finding a Beretta pistol and six live bullets when they were in a shoe shop near Jalan Rahmat in Batu Pahat yesterday. Batu Pahat police chief, ACP Din Ahmad said, the duo with 10 and four previous criminal records respectively...
18/03/2016 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: Had anti-narcotics police not made the biggest haul of drugs recently, ganja worth RM4.2 million would have reached 400,000 drug users nationwide. Federal narcotics crime investigation department director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said police seized 1,208 slabs of...
16/03/2016 | THE SUNPETALING JAYA: In what may possibly be the biggest seizure of ganja in a single operation, anti-narcotics police scored a huge success when they seized close to 1.2 tonnes of the drug worth about RM5 million in separate raids on Saturday. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar sai...
14/03/2016 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: Police have busted a drug processing laboratory and seized drugs worth RM1.4 million following a series of arrests of 18 individuals, including a Thai woman. The 24-hour operation was conducted by the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) around Pahang and Kedah on F...
08/03/2016 | THE SUNLOS ANGELES: Five-time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova announced Monday she failed a doping test at the Australian Open, saying a change in the World Anti-Doping Agency banned list for 2016 led to the violation. Sharapova said she tested positive for Meldonium, a substance she had been...
08/03/2016 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: In a bid to curtail drug abuse, police are going full swing to nab criminals using online sites as a medium to sell drugs. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said the modus operandi of the drug syn...
03/03/2016 | THE SUNSEPANG: A South African national was caught after she smuggled 3.11kg of cocaine in chocolate jars here on Feb 14. KLIA customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said the drugs were seized at the KLIA arrival hall. "We managed to intercept the drug smuggling attempt into our country based on s...
17/02/2016 | THE SUNSHAH ALAM: A total of 3,085 drug addicts were detected in Selangor last year compared to 2,112 in 2014, according to the National Anti-Drugs Agency. The statistics also showed that 2,933 of the total are males. The agency's deputy director- general (operation) Izhar Abu Talib said 2,888 of th...
17/02/2016 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: After lying low for about two years following a major police crackdown in 2013, underworld gangs are making a comeback to regain lost "territories" and revive their illegal activities. The recent months saw a spike in the activities of secret societies, particularly Indian-based gan...
15/02/2016 | THE SUNSYDNEY: Australian police have seized more than Aus$1 billion (US$712 million, RM2.96 billion) in crystal methamphetamine, or ice, some concealed in gel bra inserts in one of the country's biggest drug busts, authorities said Monday. Three Hong Kongers and a Chinese national were arrested during...
15/02/2016 | THE SUNPETALING JAYA: Muslims in Negri Sembilan will only be advised not to vape as there will be no ban on the sale of vaping products. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (pix) said non-Muslims can continue to vape because the state is not going to close down outlets selling vapes or e-cigarettes....
07/01/2016 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: Police have crippled a syndicate selling bottled drinks laced with drugs with the arrest of a suspect in a workshop at Salak Selatan. Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department chief, ACP Wan Abdullah Ishak said police seized 120 bottles of 355ml orange juice drinks wo...
05/01/2016 | THE SUNGEORGE TOWN: The death of his brother from a drug overdose was the wake-up call for Othman Abdul Rahim, 52, to begin the process to turn his life around. Sharing his story at a forum on drug abuse, HIV and AIDS today, the outreach worker said he had been abusing drugs for the past 15 years. He...
17/12/2015 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: Two married couples are among seven locals nabbed in raids conducted by the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotic Group (STING) on Monday. Federal police Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said some 214 bottles of...
10/12/2015 | THE SUNSHAH ALAM: A Mongolian woman was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here today on two counts of drug trafficking, involving 27.5kg of heroin and 3kg of monoacetylmorphines two years ago. Judge Datuk Abdul Halim Aman ordered Bayanjargal Khaliun to be freed after finding that the defence ha...
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