SELANGOR police have arrested three local men and confiscated 145 slabs of compacted ganja in a supermarket car park in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur at about 2pm on May 31. 

Selangor Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department chief Ahmad Jefferi Abdullah said police moved in after three men aged 23 to 49 years finished transferring the drugs from a neighbouring country into a Proton Preve.

“The confiscated drugs, weighing 142.1kg worth RM355,250 which are covered in gold wrappings, are believed to be of high grade, destined for distribution in the Klang Valley,” he said in a media conference in Shah Alam today. 

He said the three suspects have previous drug and criminal records and are believed to have partaken in the activity in the past four months. 

“Urine screening showed that two of them were positive for drugs,” he said and added that three vehicles worth RM138,000 were also seized during the raid. 

He said the three suspects, who are unemployed, were remanded for seven days starting June 1 under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

If convicted of the offence, they face the death sentence, or life imprisonment and whipping of not fewer than 15 times.

“Whether they are the masterminds, the investigation is still being conducted and we believe there are other accomplices in the syndicate,” he said. – Bernama, June 7, 2022.