Towards Lesser Crime In JB (6)

Singaporeans And Drug

Drug Bust: Five Filipino Women And Two Children Among Those Arrested
by Steven Chen


In a drug bust conducted on April 19 in Jalan Yahya Awal, Johor Bahru, police arrested five Filipino women, two Singaporean men and two children who are suspected to be involved in drug trafficking.
Police suspects that the Filipino women are being used as drug couriers by the two Singaporean men.
Investigation is still ongoing, said Zainuddin Yaakob, the south Johor Bahru police chief.
He said police found the drug suspected to be syabu with a street value of RM140,000 in a room of a house where the suspects are staying.
The Filipino women together with two children age two and a half and nine months do not have any identifications with them.
Zainuddin said the suspects will be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 and the Immigration Act 1959.
In another unrelated case, police arrested five men age between 16 to 88 including a woman who are suspected to be involved in trafficking drug in Felda Ulu Tebrau on April 20.
They suspects were arrested in two separate places.
The drug believe to be heroin worth RM24,000 was confiscated.
Three motorcycles and unspecified amount of cash were also confiscated during the two raids.
One of the suspects was tested drug positive and he has previous record of drug related cases.
The case will be investigated under Section 39B of the dangerous drug Act 1952, Zainuddin said.

Source: Komunitikini - April 29, 2011

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In February 2011, Malaysian police arrested a 41-year old Singaporean suspected drug dealer. 

A drug laboratory in a rented house in Taman Sentosa was busted.

The 6.30pm police raid, they seized some RM 60,000 (US$19,800) worth of illicit drugs which included 1.8kg of ketamin, 71 ecstasy pills, five eramin pills and several drug processing utensils.in Malaysia's southern state of Johore.

Police said that the suspected 41-year-old man was believed to have been distributing illicit drugs around the border city of Johor Bahru since six months ago.
They said the suspect had a clean criminal record.

Deputy OCPD Johor Bahru (South), Superintendant Abdul Samad Salleh said, two luxury cars worth about RM180,000, believed to be used for the drug trade, were also confiscated.

The suspect was tested positive for drugs.

Under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for drug trafficking, it carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

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S'porean Fined For Drug Offences

JOHOR BARU - A SINGAPOREAN businessman was fined RM17,500 (S$7,543) by a magistrate's court in Malaysia after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of drug offences and one count of identification fraud.
Tan Kim Chai, 54, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs such as 0.01g of nimetazepam and 0.16g of heroin, at a house in Taman Daya as well as at an apartment unit in the city on Jan 8 this year and Aug 24, 2008.
Magistrate Mazana Sinin fined Tan a total of RM15,700 for all the drug possession charges.
The accused was also fined a further RM3,000 for possessing a fake identification card at an apartment in the city at 5.20pm on Aug 24, 2008.
Magistrate Mazana set May 3 next year for trial and no bail was offered as the accused is facing similar charges in other courts.

Source: Straits Times - September 5, 2010