LAHAD DATU: Marine police confiscated 215,600 sticks of various brand cigarettes and two vehicles from a house in Silam, here, on Tuesday.
Sabah (Region Four) Marine Police Commander ACP Mohd Nazri Ibrahim said a team from the Unit Gempur Marin raided the house at 5.30am.
He said a local in his 20s was arrested to assist in the investigation.
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Meanwhile, police arrested three foreigners and seized drugs believed to be syabu in two separate operations by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division, here, on Tuesday.
District Police Chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said the first suspect, a 35-year-old Indonesian, was detained at 1.30pm at Jalan Panji.
He said police found a translucent plastic packet containing substances believed to be syabu weighing 0.27gm in the suspect’s possession.
The case would be investigated under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952.
“On the same day, police arrested two men from the Philippines inside a hut in a plantation in Jalan Tengah Nipah and seized 5.45gm of syabu, a modified straw and aluminium foils.
“One of the suspects tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine,” he said, adding that the case would be investigated under Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952.
Dzulbaharin said all the suspects were currently in their custody for further investigations.
He also said Lahad Datu police were committed in carrying out efforts to combat drugs-related activities in the district.
