RM81m worth of drugs seized between Jan and April this year

KUALA LUMPUR: Federal police's ongoing war on drugs has so far seen about RM81 million worth of drugs seized in raids nationwide, between January and April 13 this year.
Bukit Aman's Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said his department seized 445.21kg of ganja, 333.55kg of syabu, 150.39kg of heroin and 21.91kg of ketamine in that period.
"We also seized 2,564,397 Erimin 5 pills, 731,932 Yaba pills and 47,235 ecstasy pills.
"Some 55,903 suspects, including 2,304 people were nabbed for drug related offences," he said in a press conference at Bukit Aman police headquarters here yesterday.
He said 7,519 people were arrested for supplying drugs, 16,965 for possession, and 31,419 tested positive for drugs.
Police have also seized 25 firearms and weapons comprising shotguns, pistols and sharp weapons.
Meanwhile, at the press conference, Mokhtar said cooperation between NCID, Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) and the National Narcotics Control Commission of China (NNCC) led to an international drug syndicate being busted, with the arrest of two Nigerians last Thursday.
During the 4.15pm incident in Kepong, police also seized 5.08kg of syabu worth RM400,000 stashed in backpacks.
"The suspects aged 31 and 33 were nabbed after NNCC provided information on them," Mokhtar said.
He added initial investigations revealed that the drugs smuggled into Malaysia from China were meant for both local and foreign markets.
The suspects are being remanded until Wednesday to facilitate investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.
On a separate matter, Mokhtar denied claims by Indonesian news reports that Malaysian police were not cooperative with its neighbour.
"We have a mutual understanding that was signed on May 19, 2005. The last meeting we had was in 2015. We have the same objective in the war on drugs.
"So I don't know where this came from. But I need to confirm whether the report is genuine or it could be a case of misquotation as we have facts and figures to dispute," he added.
He also cited a tip-off provided by Bukit Aman NCID, where Indonesian police were supplied information which led to the discovery of a drug syndicate and a lab bust in Indonesia.
Mokhtar added the tip-off yielded seizure off 250,460 esctasy pills, 1,351kg of syabu and 560 Erimin pills and arrests of an Hong Kong national and three Indonesians.
On March 24, an online Indonesian media outlet (Medan Bisnis) claimed Malaysian police were not committed in the war against drugs as Bukit Aman allegedly did not cooperate in some instances in the drug war.