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- Police score big in war against drugs last year
- Construction work causing endless problems
- Suspects caught in two separate raids
| Police score big in war against drugs last year Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:42 PM PST JOHOR BARU: The Johor police have arrested a total of 541 drug traffickers including five Singaporeans under the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 last year. Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Shariff said police arrested a total of 48 other Singaporeans for various drug related offences last year. "During the same period, we seized a total of RM5.9mil worth of property statewide from drug traffickers," he said. He added for the whole of last year, police also seized any array of drugs including a total of 368kg of ecstacy power, 66kg of katamin, 62kg of syabu, 62kg of ganja and 36kg of heroin. "We also seized 201,200 ecstacy pills and 605,058 psychotropic pills in various raids statewide last year," he said, adding that police arrested a total of 7,994 drugs addicts last year. Meanwhile, in the latest two raids this year, DCP Mohd Mokhtar said police crippled two drug syndicates, which are capable of supplying drugs to almost 8,000 addicts, with the arrest of five men including three Singaporeans in two separate raids recently. He added that in the first raid, a team from the narcotics department arrested a Singaporean and seized an array of ecstasy and Eramin 5 pills from a house in Permas Jaya at 11pm recently. "We recovered drugs worth RM202,100 which can be used to supply to 5,000 drug addicts," he said. It is learnt that the suspect was also involved with a horse betting syndicate. DCP Mohd Mokhtar added that in the other case, police arrested four people in a house in Taman Tampoi Indah including two Singaporeans during a raid at 11pm. "We seized drugs worth RM20,700 from the group believed to be cannabis and heroin," he said, adding that all the suspects in both cases were tested positive for drugs. It is learnt that the drugs were being supplied to addicts in Johor and also in neighbouring Singapore. DCP Mohd Mokhtar added that in the second raid, one of the men arrested was just released from prison after serving a drug sentence at the Kluang prison six months ago. Meanwhile, in another unrelated case, DCP Mohd Mokhtar said police arrested a 36-year-old man and seized 22 bullets during a raid outside an entertainment outlet in Pengerang at 10pm recently. "We also recovered a stolen car which was reported stolen in Kulaijaya," he said, adding that the suspect was also on the wanted list for murder and theft. In another unrelated case, police arrested a 32-year-old man for threatening a team of policemen who had detained lorry transporting subsidised diesel on Jan 1 at about 10.15pm along Jalan Gelang Patah. DCP Mohd Mokhtar said the incident occurred when the policemen detained the driver and stopped a lorry with about 1,300 litres of subsidised fuel and an array of paraphernalia to store the fuel at 10.15pm last week. "The next day, a man called the police station and threatened my men," he said, adding that police immediately tracked down the caller and arrested him. He urged members of the public to continue providing information to the police including contact their police hotline at 07-2212999. |
| Construction work causing endless problems Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:44 PM PST JOHOR BARU: A cosmetic product distributor is crying foul over an ongoing construction work beside his shop lot at Taman Mutiara Mas, Skudai, which has not only badly affected his business but also damaged the wall in his premise. The shopowner K. Elumalai Ganesh, 39, who is the chairman of Nature Essence (M) Sdn Bhd (a cosmetics company) said he had purchased the lot in 2010 and had planned to open his skin-care business in November last year. "When I came to have a look at my new shop lot after receiving the key in October last year, I was shocked to find out that there were an additional five units still under construction beside my unit," he told a press conference here. He added that according to the initial proposed plan for the row of shop lots, the developer was supposed to complete the construction works in October last year. "Although they (the developer) had handed the key to me on time, they had failed to inform me of the additional units to be completed," he said. Elumalai said that his plan to start up his cosmetics business here, which was estimated to rake in RM1million in sales revenue each month, had to be postponed as the construction works was causing water leakage through his wall. "Not only is the water sipping through but also my wall has been badly infected by algae causing an unpleasant odour in the premise. "The developers have agreed to make repairs of the infected wall but I am certain that the problem would persist until the completion of the other units," he added. He also said that the developer could not provide him with a clear indication as to when the additional units would be completed. Elumalai had lodged a police report against the developers and is planning to take the developers to court. Gelang Patah Democratic Action Party (DAP) vice president S Kogilavani who organised the press conference on Jan 6 said that the government should be more careful when approving constructions of such buildings. "The developers also should be more responsible and considerate to the owners who had purchased the shop lots a couple of years ago," she said. She added that the construction also created noise pollution, which made it impossible for Elumalai to conduct necessary training classes at the premise. The developer had refused to comment on the issue when contacted. |
| Suspects caught in two separate raids Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested six men believed to be involved in several break-ins and thefts and managed to seize three cars with fake registration numbers in Seri Alam here. Seri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin said the police acted upon receiving information and caught the six suspects aged between 20 and 29 around Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan and Pasir Gudang, Seri Alam during two separate raids, at about 5.30pm on Jan 8. "The police also seized a knife, a baseball bat, two cameras and six hand phones during the raids and all six men were tested positive for drugs," he told a press conference recently. He added that after a background check on the suspects, police found out that two of the suspects had previous criminal records related to theft. "The suspects are being investigated under Section 457 of the Penal Code and are currently under remand," he said adding that with the arrest, police have successfully solved at least 15 other theft and break-in cases. In a separate case, Supt Roslan said two Chinese men aged 37 and 40, who are suspected to be involved in a break-in incident were arrested during a raid at an apartment in Bandar Seri Alam here on Jan 6. "The suspects are believed to be involved in a theft on Dec 24 at a shop lot at Taman Johor Jaya here, where the owner had reported losses of about RM600,000 in praying items and a laptop," he said. He added that the police also seized a luxury car with an unknown chassis number, 376 Buddha pendants, 32 Buddha statues, 11 bracelets, all in different types and sizes. "Both suspects were tested positive for Syabu and with their arrest we were able to solved at least six other break-in cases," he said. Supt Roslan said that the suspect will be further investigated under Section 457 of the Penal Code. |
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