KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Police arrested 12, including five women, on suspicion of being drug mules and seized ganja weighing 18.5kg worth RM68,375 during separate raids throughout the Klang Valley from February 26 to March 2.
Sentul district police chief ACP Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari said the suspects, aged 21 to 43, were believed to be active in drug trafficking for the past three to nine months.
“We have received information these people are using the Sentul area as a transit from the East Coast before going to the southern region,” he said during a press conference at the Sentul district police headquarters (IPD) today.
In the first raid, the police arrested a man at a hotel along Jalan Kuching at 12.30pm on February 26 and seized 3.4kg of ganja.
Following the suspect's questioning, four men and five women were arrested at a condominium unit along Jalan Gombak at 1pm on the same day, with 6.7kg of ganja seized.
Sukarno added that two more men were arrested at a condominium unit in Sentul at 7am on Saturday (March 2) with 8.4kg of ganja seized.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
— Bernama
