Biggest country's drug hauls in 2018

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh with the seized one tonne of syabu, worth a whopping RM54 million, in a raid at a store in Jelutong. Pix by Ramdzan Masiam
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh with the seized one tonne of syabu, worth a whopping RM54 million, in a raid at a store in Jelutong. Pix by Ramdzan Masiam
By NST Online - September 2, 2018 @ 6:20pm

NST compiles a list of the biggest country’s drug hauls in 2018.

  • Aug 21:

    • Police seized 506kg syabu and 26,000 ecstacy pills worth RM26.1 million in separates raids in six locations in Penang

  • July 21:

    • An auxiliary policeman attached to a government agency detained on suspicion of being a member of drug trafficking syndicate that smuggled 156kg syabu worth RM7.8 million into the country.

  • July 6:

    • Police bust drug smuggling and trafficking syndicate after confiscated 295 tea packets containing 306kg syabu worth RM15.3 million in three separate raids in Kuala Nerang, Kedah and Jelutong, Penang.

    In the operation, six syndicate members aged between 19 and 37, including a 30-year-old woman were arrested.

  • May 22:

    • (biggest haul by M’sian authorities in 2018)

    Customs Department seized 1.187 tonne methamphethamine drug worth over RM71 million at a mini market in Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

    The substance was smuggled into Malaysia from Yangon, Myanmar, through Port Klang, stored in a container and declared as food items, creating a smoke screen to conceal the illegal activity from the authorities.

    A total of 1,187 gold-coloured packages with each contained one kg of drugs.

    Five men aged between 22 and 48 were arrested to facilitate investigation.

  • April 1:

    • Police seized over 77kg syabu worth RM10.4 million in a raid on a shop selling and collecting recyclable items in Taman Gembira, Brickfields Kuala Lumpur.

  • March 2:

    • Police arrested six people and seized 141.27kg syabu worth smuggled from Thailand for Malaysian market in raids in Kajang and Gombak, Selangor as well as Melaka.