KUALA LUMPUR: Following a year`s absence, Iran-based syndicates have once again begun targeting Malaysia to supply drugs. The federal police intelligence network has revealed that for this purpose, over the past three months, Iranian drug couriers have been making a bee-line to the country. Early...
12/05/2014 | THE SUNSEPANG: The KL International Airport (KLIA) Customs Department seized 107.2kg of methamphetamine worth RM20.368 million in three consignments sent from Nigeria last month. The drugs, from Lagos, were seized at the MAS Cargo godown here on April 15 and 28, with the first consignment declared to cust...
30/04/2014 | THE SUNKOTA BARU: Kelantan police will focus their efforts to combat crime among schoolchildren to prevent it from becoming more serious and rampant. Kelantan police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said so far various actions had been taken to prevent crime among schoolchildren, especially those rela...
28/04/2014 | THE SUNALOR SETAR: Police detained a 51-year-old single mother and seized drugs worth RM44,000 in a raid on a flat at Simpang Kuala, here, on Sunday. State Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department chief Supt Abd Razak Md Zin said apart from heroin weighing 2.1kg and methamphetamine (34.5 grammes), pol...
23/04/2014 | THE SUNBENTONG: The driver of the double-decker express bus which was involved in an accident that claimed the lives of three passengers at KM11 Jalan Bentong-Raub on Saturday, was charged in the magistrate's court today with consuming morphine. Wan Khairul Efendi Wan Mustapa, 35, from Bachok, Kelantan, w...
16/04/2014 | THE SUNSWEDEN boasts one of Europe's lowest consumption of recreational drugs, but the same strict policy authorities consider key to success could also be pushing up the number of drug-related deaths. Cocaine, ecstasy and even cannabis are rarely seen in streets and clubs in line with Sweden`s official `...
13/04/2014 | THE SUNBANGKOK: Thai security forces shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills after a firefight in the Golden Triangle border region, an official said Saturday. The clash broke out late Friday in the mountains of northern Chiang Rai province after...
12/04/2014 | THE SUNSEPANG: Customs have made their biggest seizure of drugs, valued at RM12.7 million, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). KLIA Customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said today that the 66.57kg of methamphetamine were seized on Monday at a godown of the Malaysia Airlines Kargo (MASk...
11/04/2014 | THE SUNGEORGE TOWN: Two Algerian nationals were acquitted and discharged by the High Court today without calling for their defence against drug trafficking charges three years ago. Judge Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim made the decision after finding that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case a...
08/04/2014 | THE SUNTHE recent six drug overdose deaths at a concert refers. My experience in working with local drug users and being reasonably familiar with the local `drug scene` tells me that this may be a new phenomenon. In recent years, we have not heard of drug overdose cases in the country because the purity o...
18/03/2014 | THE SUNSEPANG: The KL International Airport (KLIA) Royal Customs have foiled attempts to smuggle out 22.74 kilogrammes of drugs and seized the contraband estimated to be worth RM4.32 million. The Director of the KLIA Royal Customs, Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said two cases were recorded this year with the...
18/03/2014 | THE SUNSEREMBAN: A police team from the Nilai district narcotics department raided a mini drug processing laboratory that was hidden in a banana tree plantation in Labu near here, yesterday. Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh said during the 11am raid police detained a 38-year-old man at the...
10/03/2014 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: Police believed they have busted an international drug syndicate with the arrest of seven of its members in six raids in the Klang Valley, where 4.9kg of Syabu worth RM900,000 were seized. Bukit Aman Narcotic Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said the...
07/03/2014 | THE SUNPETALING JAYA (Feb 18, 2014): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today urged Malaysians to participate as volunteers with government-helmed organisations to assist individuals or family members who are using drugs. In making the call, the prime minister expressed concern that drug addicts who have gone t...
19/02/2014 | THE SUNGEORGE TOWN (Feb 18, 2014): The Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) has uncovered a heroin-processing laboratory in Green Lane here, arrested four people and seized more than 80kg of the drug, according to a police source. A raid was conducted on a house there Monday afternoon af...
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