TWO men and a woman were arrested for cultivating ganja plants in a luxury condominium unit in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) director Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said the three suspects, aged between 24 and 32, were arrested in a raid following intelligence gathering and public tip-off.

Police also seized 54 pots of ganja plants, ganja leaves weighing 2.6kg and 48 ganja seeds, all valued at about RM1.21 million.

“Investigations found that they have been growing it hydroponically for six months in that residential unit,” he told a press conference in George Town today.

He said all suspects have been remanded until next Monday to assist in investigations under Section 6B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for cannabis cultivation and Section 39B of the same law for drug trafficking

Police also confiscated a Toyota Vios worth RM45,000. .

Meanwhile, in a different raid at a premises in Bukit Tambun, South Seberang Perai on Tuesday, Khalil said police seized syabu weighing 17,522g, 23,606 ecstasy pills and 1,001g of MDMA (ecstasy in powder form), all worth RM2.22 million.

He said police also arrested a 46-year-old local man and seized a Modenas D400 motorcycle worth RM12,000 in the raid between 1.30pm and 2.30pm by the Penang and Selangor NCID.

He said it was a follow-up from previous raid carried out on November 21, in which 10 plastic packages containing 10,000g of drug suspected syabu were seized in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

“The packages are believed to have been shipped to Sabah via courier service,” he added. – Bernama, December 12, 2019.