KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — An enforcement agency officer is among 11 individuals arrested by the police for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking syndicate in Sabah.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the 43-year-old enforcement officer suspect, arrested on December 29 last year in the Klang Valley area, is believed to be the “transporter” in the drug cartel.
The suspect was previously working in Sabah and had been transferred to the Klang Valley.
The case investigation is ongoing, and more arrests will be made, he told a press conference in Bukit Aman today.
Ayob said the police have frozen 22 bank accounts involving RM420,000 and seized 18 luxury vehicles worth RM6.6 million, cash amounting to RM35,000, jewellery, and a Rolex watch estimated to be worth RM100,000 in the case.
“This process will continue, and we will track down assets belonging to the syndicate’s leader and its members,” he said.
Based on the information, the syndicate used containers to smuggle drugs.
On December 26, a man with the title “Datuk”, believed to be a leader of a drug syndicate, was among ten men arrested in Sabah for alleged involvement in the largest drug trafficking syndicate in the state.
The syndicate is believed to have been actively involved in the distribution of syabu-type drugs since 2015.
— Bernama
