Police smash ganja trafficking syndicate, five men arrested
Police have crippled a ganja trafficking syndicate following the arrest of five men and have seized drugs worth RM373,075 in four raids around Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan on Monday.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director Kamarulzaman Mamat said the suspects, comprising four local men and a Cambodian with permanent resident status, aged 35 to 43, were detained in a raid between 6.15am and 6.55am...
Police have crippled a ganja trafficking syndicate following the arrest of five men and have seized drugs worth RM373,075 in four raids around Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan on Monday.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director Kamarulzaman Mamat said the suspects, comprising four local men and a Cambodian with permanent resident status, aged 35 to 43, were detained in a raid between 6.15am and 6.55am.
He said in the first raid in Subang Jaya, a local man and the Cambodian were arrested while unloading compressed lumps of ganja from a trailer into a car by the roadside at the Subang Industrial Park.
“Police believe the 150 lumps of cannabis weighing 149.23 kilogrammes unloaded from the trailer are for the Klang Valley and the southern peninsula market. It is believed to have been obtained from the states in the northern region of the peninsula.
“Further inspection found that the drugs were hidden in a trailer driven by the Cambodian who also brought along other items to fool the authorities,” he told a press conference in Shah Alam today.
Kamarulzaman said following the arrest of the duo, three other suspects were arrested in the second, third and fourth raids, namely one at a house in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan; another in a car in Desa Petaling and one more at a residential area in Pantai Dalam, Kuala Lumpur.
Further investigations found that the syndicate had been carrying out drug trafficking activities since the middle of last year.
He said all five men tested negative and for drugs and checks found that only the local suspects had various previous criminal records among them drug abuse, police impersonation and stealing.
“Following the arrest, the police also confiscated five vehicles and cash totalling RM879,575. All the suspects have been remanded until this Sunday under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” Kamarulzaman added.
- Bernama
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