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Omar (center) showing part of the 4,227.71 grams of syabu seized from the suspect in Likas Bay on 31 October.
KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu police contingent (IPD KK), through its Criminal Drug Investigation Service (NCID), has recorded the biggest drug wave in recent years.
Sabah police chief Datuk Omar Mammah said a 35-year-old man was apprehended on Oct. 31 with an estimated 200,000 RM of methamphetamine (syabu) weighing 4,227.71 grams.
Police had received information about drug distribution activities in the Likas Bay area, where they found the suspect with a plastic bag, apparently waiting for another person.
"During the inspection, we discovered that the bag contained four plastic packages filled with clear crystals, supposed to be syabu.
"It was later confirmed that it was 4,227.71 grams of drugs, which represents the largest drug seizure by IPD KK in recent years," he said. at a press conference.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952, which, when convicted, carries the mandatory death penalty.
Omar added that a test of the suspect's urine sample revealed traces of drugs and had no criminal record.
Additional interrogations revealed that the suspect had received drugs from a shipper in West Malaysia via a courier service.
Omar said the seizure was part of the efforts of former Kota Kinabalu police chief, ACP Chandrasehkaran Muthu, and his team to eradicate drug cases in the district.
"This is an ongoing effort to eliminate the distribution of drugs, which we hoped to improve in order to achieve greater success.
"We also thank the public for providing information to the police. Statistics on arrests from 1 January to 31 October this year amounted to 1 859 suspects, against 1 380 for the same period last year.
"Of the 1,859 people arrested, 1,391, or 83.9%, have been brought to justice, the others are waiting for reports from the Department of Chemistry.
"This year, we seized 6,627.71 grams of Syabu with an estimated value of 331,350 RMB, a cannabis weighing 141.16 g, a ketamine of 340.44 g valued at about 51,000 RM, 9.31 g ecstasy pills, 59.6 g and 4680 g ecstasy powder, "he said.
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