Bukit Aman to dispose of drugs with estimated street value of RM1.93bil

 Federal narcotics crime investigation department chief Hussein Omar Khan says the seizures were made in nationwide stings between January and October.

Bukit Aman narcotics crime investigation department director Hussein Omar Khan said 205,536 arrests were made in connection with the drug seizures in the first 10 months of this year. (Bernama pic)

SHAH ALAM:

The federal police will dispose of liquid and solid drugs with an estimated street value of RM1.93 billion seized this year.

Bukit Aman narcotics crime investigation department director Hussein Omar Khan said the drugs were seized in nationwide stings between January and October.

“A total of 205,536 arrests were also made during this period,” he said at a press conference here today.

Hussein said some 37.3 tonnes of drugs with an estimated street value of RM1.71 billion, seized over a 16-year period in Selangor, had been disposed of previously.

He said the drugs of various types were seized from 2009 to 2025.

A majority of the drugs seized was syabu with 33,500kg, followed by ketamine (714kg), ketum leaves (260kg), ganja (104kg), ecstasy pills (14kg), heroin (9kg), Erimin 5 (5kg) and yaba pills (1kg).

Police also disposed of 1,402 litres of ketum water and 458 litres of MDMA.

Suspected drug mule held at Penang airport

Police arrested a man in possession of 40kg of cannabis buds, valued at RM3.2 million, in a raid at Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas on Oct 18.

The drugs were allegedly being smuggled to London, Bernama quoted Penang police chief Dennis Lim as saying.

Lim said the 28-year-old suspect, from Miri, Sarawak, was apprehended at the airport’s waiting area after the drugs were discovered during an inspection of his luggage.

He said the man claimed that he was asked by an individual to transport the drugs to London.

“The suspect allegedly acted as a courier, receiving a payment of RM9,000 for the trip,” he said. - FMT