Syabu lab near police station busted

RAWANG: Police have busted a drug syndicate with a laboratory located some 600m from the Batang Kali police station.

The laboratory is the largest uncovered in Selangor so far this year.

Police arrested three suspected drug traffickers, aged between 45 and 54, and seized the synthetic drug syabu with a street value of more than RM1.1mil.

The suspects were in the midst of processing the drugs when police raided a single-storey house at a housing estate in Kampung Baru Cina at about 7pm on Monday.

Police staked out the house for two days before storming the property.

Among the items found were 1kg of partially-processed syabu. Chemicals and precursors found included four barrels of an unknown liquid, chloroform and acid. Two cars were also seized.

State Narcotics Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Nordin Kadir said the syndicate had enough materials to produce 5kg of syabu.

He said police were unsure how long the group had been active but believed it had constantly been on the move to avoid detection.

The suspects have been remanded for three days under the Dangerous Drugs Act.

Source: The Star Online