Kuala Lumpur’s finest performed the biggest narcotics bust of 2-15 so far when they seized 37 kilograms of marijuana from a Setapak man suspected of being part of a major drug distribution network.
The drug ring’s undoing began on March 11, when Setapak police pulled over a man they deemed suspicious riding a luxury motorcycle.
The suspect, a 41-year old widowed father of three, was found to have been in possesion of about 1kg of dry compacted leaves. The leaves were later ascertained to be ganja.
The suspect has had two previous criminal records to his name.
KL deputy police chief DCP Law Hong Soon told The Star Online‘s Nicholas Cheng, “He was taken in for questioning and then later the suspect directed police to a rented house in Jalan Umbun, where we found packages of the drugs amounting to 37.6kg, worth RM94,000.”
Police found 27 large rectangular packages containing 1kg of marijuana each, along with three smaller packages of the same drug.
Authorities have been on the trail of the suspect’s accomplice in the drug distribution network, which they suspect of being in operation for the past five months.
“The ganja seized were found to have originated from a northern state here and was to be sold to locals.
“I estimate that the amount seized could have been sold to over 19,000 drug addicts. They may all be in the city alone,” Law said.
