IPOH: Police will record statements of several individuals including a Datuk in connection with a helicopter that landed at Padang Ipoh, here, yesterday to pick up packets of 'nasi ganja'.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said police have identified the individuals and company involved and would record their statements taken soon.
"Besides them, we have called up the owner of the 'nasi ganja' outlet to facilitate the investigation," he said when contacted today.
He said the case would be investigated under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342).
Earlier, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has launched an investigation over a Bell 505 helicopter, operated by Systematic Aviation Services which landed at the field to pick up 36 packets of 'nasi ganja'.
CAAM confirmed that the helicopter landed at Padang Ipoh here at 10am yesterday.
It said initial investigation revealed that the helicopter had departed from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Selangor for Ipoh at 9.08am and had returned to the airport at 11.02am, as per the filed flight plan.
It was reported yesterday that a helicopter landed at Padang Ipoh here just to pick up the order by a customer from Kuala Lumpur.
Mior Faridalathrash had said checks with the Ipoh CAAM, revealed the helicopter was only allowed to land at the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (LTSAS) in Ipoh.
Following this, he said police were probing whether the incident had broken any standard operating procedures (SOP) of the Movement Control Order (MCO).