Indonesian lovers detained after high speed chase

SEPANG: An Indonesian couple have been detained after police recovered some drugs on them following a high speed car chase. In the attempt to flee, they crashed through the police roadblocks and toll booth barriers. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police flagged down a multi-purpose vehicle with four people while carrying a...

Son Of Late HK Actor Shing Fui On AKA Dai Sor Arrested For Possession Of 1kg Of Marijuana

Shing Yuk Man, 48, was detained on suspicion of drug trafficking, possession of a dangerous drug and apparatus for smoking the narcotic. The son of late Hong Kong actor Shing Fui On, popularly known as Dai Sor (or 'big fool' in Cantonese), was arrested after 1kg of marijuana was seized from his Sai Kung home on Wednesday...

Two men charged with drug trafficking

IPOH: Two men have been charged with trafficking over 400kg of drugs at the Magistrate’s Court here. Choong Boon Wah and Seng Chung Leong, both 44, were jointly charged with four counts of trafficking 413.826kg of nimetazepam at a house in Jalan Sri Klebang, Chemor on Aug 15. They were charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous...

Sabah cops nab addict who hid in bushes for three hours

KOTA KINABALU: A suspected drug addict's attempt to evade police by hiding in some bushes failed when he was found and eventually arrested. Police were conducting a major anti-crime operation dubbed Ops Sarang Bersepadu at the Kg Lembaga Padi squatter area in Inanam. Kota Kinabalu police chief Asst Comm Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said the suspect was among...

Cops seize RM2.5mil in narcotics, equipment and vehicles during Johor drug lab bust

JOHOR BARU: A drug processing laboratory in Iskandar Puteri here has been uncovered by the police, with the value of seized drugs, equipment and vehicles amounting to RM2.45mil. State police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said four men had also been arrested for being involved in the drug laboratory, which had been operating since April. He...

Two to hang for killing Sibu senior citizen to get drug money

SIBU: Two men have been sentenced to the gallows by the High Court here on Monday (July 31) for robbing and murdering a senior citizen for money to buy drugs. Jeeji Ting Kim Leong, 32, and Syahadan Othman Sabang, 29, were convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code read together with section 34 of the...

Married couple freed from drug trafficking charges in Ipoh

IPOH: A married couple were acquitted of a drug trafficking charge at the High Court here. Justice Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Muhammad Yasmi Mohammad Yasin and Rossuhli Ikhsan, and ordered both to be discharged. The couple had been charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the...

S’gor cops seize RM7.94mil worth of drugs, cripple four syndicates

SHAH ALAM: Police have seized over RM7.94mil worth of drugs after crippling four syndicates active in Selangor. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said they conducted seven raids between July 17 and 21 together with Bukit Aman and Subang Jaya Narcotic Crime Investigation Department personnel. "We raided locations in Seri Kembangan, Kota Damansara, Putra Heights,...

Penang cops nab 85 during raid at nightclub

GEORGE TOWN: A total of 85 people including 35 women were detained in a raid at a nightclub here on Sunday (July 23). George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the raid by George Town Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) took place at Lebuh Noordin at about 2.15am. ACP Soffian said urine samples were taken from...

‘Dr Ganja’ escapes gallows, gets nine years’ jail

SHAH ALAM: A retired soldier known as "Dr Ganja" escaped the gallows after the High Court amended the 16 charges against him for trafficking 77.48493kg and 14.647 litres of drugs to possession. Captain (R) Amiruddin @ Nadarajan Abdullah, 64, also faced 18 counts of cultivating marijuana plants, four counts of possessing marijuana and one for ingesting...