Bukit Aman police dismantle three drug trafficking networks, seizing over 3.4 tonnes of narcotics and foiling a large-scale illegal laboratory in Selangor.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department has busted three major drug trafficking syndicates, including an international network linked to the Golden Triangle, in a series of integrated operations across the Klang Valley.
Total seizures from the operations are valued at an estimated RM180.2 million, with the largest single haul comprising over 3.4 tonnes of suspected methamphetamine worth RM170 million.
NCID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the drugs were discovered following two raids in the Taman Gembira and Taman Overseas Union Garden areas of the capital on March 2, which also led to the arrest of two local men aged 28 and 44.
He stated that the drug supply is believed to have originated from the Golden Triangle region for distribution in the Klang Valley and southern Peninsular Malaysia using rented lorries, with further plans to smuggle the narcotics to overseas markets like Indonesia and the Philippines.
“The market price of the drugs in Malaysia is about RM50,000 per kilogramme, but the value could rise to as much as RM200,000 per kg if successfully smuggled overseas,” Hussein said at a press conference today.
Both suspects from that raid have been remanded for 14 days until March 16, with the syndicate believed to have been active since December 2025 and the seized drugs estimated to be capable of affecting up to 17 million users.
In a separate operation also on March 2, police raided a warehouse at Subang Industrial Park and discovered hundreds of drums and bottles containing chemical substances alongside five drug-processing machines.
Hussein said police do not rule out the possibility that the individuals behind this lab are members of the same syndicate targeted in police operations in Perak and Penang last month, causing them to flee and abandon the rented premises.
“The premises had been rented since 2024 using a false identity at a monthly rate of RM6,500, and if left unchecked, the laboratory had a high capacity to process methamphetamine, synthetic cannabis and etomidate on a large scale,” he added.
A third raid on March 5 foiled a syndicate’s attempt to distribute 124.7 kg of ganja buds worth RM10.2 million, which was being transported by lorry from northern Peninsular Malaysia, during an operation in Taman Sri Rampai.
Three men aged between 27 and 38 were arrested around Kuala Lumpur, with one acting as coordinator and the other two serving as runners, all of whom tested negative for drugs in urine screenings and have been remanded for seven days.
One suspect has a previous drug-related record while another has three criminal records, with police also seizing a Ford Ranger valued at RM85,000 under the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988.
All three cases are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.