FIVE entertainment centre “doctors” were among 12 people arrested on suspicion of being involved in processing and distributing drugs at entertainment outlets in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Azmi Abu Kassim said the suspects – 10 local men, a local woman and a foreign woman – were arrested in the Klang Valley by a team from the Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Crime Investigation Department and Bukit Aman in three operations from February 7 to 9.

He said the “doctors” were responsible for mixing powder and liquid drugs, believed to be ketamine, into drinks. Syndicate members would distribute them at RM300 per bottle at entertainment outlets in the city.

“In the first operation, police arrested six local men aged between 22 and 39 and seized 21kg of ketamine valued at RM1.2 million and 2kg of syabu worth RM72,000,” he said today.

“Following the arrest, police conducted a second raid on February 8 and arrested the five ‘doctors’ – three local men, a local woman and a foreign woman – aged between 24 and 34.

“In the raid, we confiscated an estimated RM340,000 worth of drugs and cigarettes.”

Azmi said in the third raid, police seized a kilogramme of ketamine valued at RM55,000 and arrested a 37-year-old local man.

He said the three syndicates had been active for the past six months. – Bernama, February 13, 2023.