PADAWAN: Narcotics police arrested seven local men for alleged substance abuse and seized over RM3,000 worth of various drugs in a raid yesterday (Feb 14).
Padawan police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the raid was conducted around 12.30pm in front of a house at Jalan Sin San Tu, Batu Kawah, here.
Following a search, three of the suspects had packets of drugs on them.
“Tests on the seized seven plastic packets showed drugs believed to be syabu while another plastic packet contained three Erimin 5 pills.
“The drugs weighing 37.84g are estimated to worth around RM3,752,” he said.
The suspects aged between 18 and 60 were later taken to Padawan narcotics police office for further action.
Abang Zainal said four of the suspects tested positive for drugs while the others tested negative.
Background checks also found that five of them had prior records related to drug offences.
“The three suspects with drugs admitted that the narcotics belonged to them and that they obtained from ‘collection centres’ in MJC, Batu Kawa; BDC, Mile 3; and Stapok, Batu Kawa.
“One of them has been involved in distributing drugs since 2002 while the other two have been abusing drugs since 2020 and 2021,” he said.
All of them will be remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 39A(2), Section 12(2) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
