Malaysia Crime Watch

31 January 2007
George 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 drugs were worth more than RM121,000. A 52-year-old man, his 48-year-old girlfriend who owned the house, and a 34-year-old man were arrested.

The three suspects have been remanded until next Monday.

New Straits Times – Police nab gang of drug dealers after a year’s chase
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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 party here.

The case is classified under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drug Act which carries the death sentence.

The Star Online – Politician’s son arrested
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31 January 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Nine motorcyclists have been charged yesterday for reckless and dangerous riding, an offence committed at Jalan Parlimen on the morning of 28 January 2007.

One of them, a Azhar Othman, aged 22, is a disabled person with several fingers missing. His pillion rider, Muhammad Syakur Sapuan, aged 21, was charged for performing stunts that risked the safety of their own and the public.

The other four riders were Muhammad Fadzli Mahadi, aged 18, Muhammad Hafis Saman, aged 18, Muhammad Fadzrul Idris, aged 19, and Mohamad Al Hafiz Mohamad Rasdei, aged 22.

The pillion riders were Mohamad Fareez Hamzah, aged 19, who was riding with Muhammad Fazrul, Norkamarul Tumiran, aged 18, who was riding with Muhammad Hafis, and Mohd Ariffudin A. Rahman, aged 18, who was riding with an underage rider.

The offences carry a minimum fine of RM5,000, jail terms and the suspension of their driving licences for at least two years.

Bail have been set between RM1,500 and RM3,000 and sentencing to be in March.

New Straits Times – Disabled among nine Mat Rempit held
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