SEREMBAN: The Negri Sembilan police disposed of an assortment of drugs worth RM499,611.23 which were seized from 2012 to last year throughout the state.
State police chief Datuk Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said the disposal of case items involved 36,445.41 grammes (g) of heroin, methamphetamine, ganja and ketamine, 47.3 litres of codeine, 586 kilogrammes (kg) of ketum leaves and 2,326 litres of ketum water.
"The case items were disposed of after the completion of the trials and were still kept in the narcotics division store across the districts," he said in a statement today (November 7).
A total of 5,732 investigation papers were opened for various drug offences, including under Sections 39B, 39A, 39A (2), 39A (1) and 6b of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Meanwhile, he also sought the cooperation of the public for information to curtail drug abuse in the state besides calling on the community to be more alert to the prevailing situation. – Bernama