George Town - The authorities have identified the "modus operandi" of what is believed to be a syndicate out to create mischief in Penang by inserting drugs into sachets filled with a durian white coffee mixture. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, who described the culprits as operativ...
05/02/2018 | THE SUNKUALA TERENGGANU: The Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA), which was amended last year, needs to be upgraded to combat new psychoactive substance (NPS) drugs. Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said the current legislation only allows the auth...
29/01/2018 | THE SUNJOHOR BARU: Muar police seized drugs with a street value of RM1.4 million from an unlikely place when they raided a hut in a temple compound. They found 13kg of Ecstacy powder, 362gm of ketamine, 299gm of ganja, and 53gm of syabu. The hut was apparently used as a mini drug lab. Drug-making appara...
22/01/2018 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: City police seized 52.3kg of various drugs and drugs laced drinks worth more than RM4 million here, making it the biggest drug haul in the city this year. Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Lazim said in the 9.20pm operation, a team from the City Narcotics Criminal...
19/01/2018 | THE SUNKUALA LUMPUR: City police have busted a three-month-old ketum lab that was operating in a house in Wangsa Maju on New Year's Day. City police chief Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Lazim said the syndicate codenamed "Ayah Nun" was a ketum juice wholesaler that was involved in processing ketum leaves and...
04/01/2018 | THE SUNPETALING JAYA: An internal investigation has been initiated following the arrest of a Malaysian pilot in Batam, Indonesia, on Saturday after he tested positive for syabu. A spokesperson from the airline confirmed the arrest and that an investigation is underway. He stressed that the airline does...
02/01/2018 | THE SUNSHAH ALAM: An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into smuggling drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was Wednesday cleared of trafficking, a crime punishable by death. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 at Kuala Lumpur International Airpo...
28/12/2017 | THE SUNNEW DELHI : The Indian police thwarted an attempt by a man to smuggle about 50kg of drugs into Malaysia from Chennai when they seized the consignment recently. The long arm of the law has also launched a hunt for a suspect, an official of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, India's top anti smu...
20/12/2017 | THE SUNGeorge Town : A Year Six pupil was among 100 people detained in a three day operation conducted by the Penang National Anti-Drugs Agency, beginning last Friday. The suspects also included 10 other pupils and three women, aged between 12 and 72. They tested positive for drugs in the operation, "Ops P...
19/12/2017 | THE SUNKuala Lumpur: Malaysia will stand firm against any move to legalise the use of narcotics in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government will not compromise on this although there are resolutions made by international bodies to legalise the use of some drugs....
18/12/2017 | THE SUNBUTTERWORTH: Police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly trafficking heroin, worth about RM18,230, in a house at Sungai Dua here. According to the North Seberang Perai district police chief ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor, a team, led by Inspector A. Tanapalan raided the premise about 4pm on Tuesda...
14/12/2017 | THE SUNPETALING JAYA: The proposed amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (DDA), which seek to remove the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking, have been met with mixed reaction. Although many agreed that the amendments would return discretionary power to judges, some questioned the rational...
24/11/2017 | THE SUNGEORGE TOWN: Cooperation between Malaysian and Indonesian police has led to the crippling of an international drug syndicate last Tuesday, with the arrest of three people including two Indonesian men, and with the seizure of syabu and ecstasy pills worth RM2.06 million. State deputy police chief...
17/11/2017 | THE SUNKLANG: Three members of a family were among five people detained after police busted a drug processing laboratory operating in a three-storey house at Taman Botanik here. South Klang district police chief ACP Shamsul Amar Ramli said the suspects aged between 18 and 53 were detained in separate l...
08/11/2017 | THE SUNJOHOR BARU: Police have crippled an international drug trafficking with the arrest of eight individuals, including two foreign nationals, in raids conducted here last Tuesday (Oct 31). Bukit Aman Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said the suspects, aged...
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