Archive for January 2007



Illegal Scrapyard with Stolen Cables Raided

31 January 2007Bukit Mertajam
Police found millions of ringgit worth of stolen aluminium and copper cables during a raid on an illegal scrapyard used to store second-hand goods. Thirteen workers on site, aged between 30 and 40 years old, were arrested.
A few tonnes of cables and equipment to strip and separate materials were seized. Police believe [...]

Former Teacher Murder Suspect Nabbed with SMS

31 January 2007
Kuantan
The former teacher who was suspected of murdering midwife Hasnah Mat, aged 51, in Kuantan, has been arrested in Tapah, Perak, yesterday after a series of flirtatious short message service messages.
A relative of Hasnah’s set the trap to lure the suspect to respond by sending her many messages, appearing to be a man [...]

Airline Baggage Handlers Caught with Litres of Cough Mixture

31 January 2007Seremban
Ten baggage handlers from Malaysia Airlines and one from AirAsia were caught by narcotics police yesterday with large amounts of cough mixture at three units in Flat Cempaka Puri. Some of them were tested positive for syabu.
Police believe that the flats have been used as distribution centres for the past two months. The [...]

Drug Dealers Busted with Heroin

31 January 2007George Town
A group of drug dealers who have been able to evade the police for a year by changing location every 10 days, have been finally caught in a single-storey house in Batu Maung.
Police raided the house and seized 43.2kg of caffeine, 1.6kg of heroin, yaba pills, syabu, ketamine and two cars. The [...]

Son of Politician Arrested for Drugs

State narcotics officers last Friday arrested the son of a politician outside a bank along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah for possession of 100g of syabu or ice with an estimated street price of RM55,000. He is being remanded by authorities for two weeks to assist in investigations.
The politician is the branch chief of a political [...]

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