KUALA LUMPUR: Police have crippled a drug syndicate with the arrest of four Malaysians during separate raids in the capital and the Klang Valley on Wednesday.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said the suspects, aged between 26 and 33, have been operating for the past 10 months.
He said police seized an assortment of drugs worth RM2.14 million, including 19.6kg of materials to produce syabu, 11.8kg of heroin, 1.5kg of syabu, 4,250 Erimin 5 pills and 3,380 ecstasy pills.
"Police arrested two men at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2. One of them had a previous drug-related offence.
"Police then raided a condominium unit and a parking lot in Wangsa Maju, where we arrested another two men," he said during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters here today (Jan 19).
Present was Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim.
Mohmad said police raided another condominium unit near the Shah Alam Industrial Park in Section 13, Shah Alam, Selangor.
Four vehicles worth RM130,000 - a Mitsubishi Triton, Perodua Myvi, Perodua Kelisa and a Yamaha motorcycle - were also seized, he said.
All the suspects, he added, tested negative for drugs and will be remanded for seven days beginning Jan 24.
The case is being investigated under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for the death penalty upon conviction.