PENAMPANG: Drugs believed to be syabu weighing 25.7kg and estimated worth more than RM1.28 million were seized from a condominium, here, on Monday.
Penampang District Police Chief Supt Sammy Newton said they received a call about some suspicious looking boxes left unattended at the condominium lobby.
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A team was sent to investigate and, upon inspection, found crystalline substances suspected to be methamphetamine packed in 24 packages inside four boxes.
“The items were seized for investigation under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and we are now hunting for the suspects,” said Sammy
He thanked the public for their cooperation in helping police combat crime, including drug offences in the district, and urged that they continue being the eyes and ears for the authorities for the safety of all.
Recently, police crippled a major drug distribution syndicate with the seizure of 537.804kg of various narcotics worth RM69.6 million and the arrest of four locals in Penampang under Op Bayu 2.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said the operation by the Sabah Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) began with the arrest of two men at T1 Bundusan, on Feb 5, where 101.7kg of suspected methamphetamine valued at RM5.66 million was found in a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Follow-up raids at Millennium Heights, Forest Hill Residences and Taman Seri Rasa in Luyang uncovered larger quantities of syabu, ecstasy powder, ecstasy pills, ketamine and Eramin 5, along with equipment believed used for repackaging, while the four suspects, including three men and one woman, are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with vehicles, mobile phones and cash also seized as evidence.
