Police nabbed a 28-year-old Nigerian man suspected of possessing 32.76kg of marijuana and syabu worth about RM120,000 at Mentari Court in Malaysia.
The police displaying the items
The men of the Malaysian police have arrested a 28-year old Nigeria suspected of possessing 32.76kg of marijuana and crystalized methamphetamine worth about RM120,000 at Mentari Court in Malaysia.
Selangor Narcotics CID chief Asst Comm Md Tahir Kassim said the man, who was in the country on a student visa, dropped a packet of compressed marijuana as he was running away from the police at about 7.30pm Thursday.
Kassim said; "Our team managed to apprehend him. He led us to an apartment unit in Mentari Court where the drug stash was kept.
"We found 20 slabs of compressed ganja stashed in one luggage bag and another 13 slabs in a different bag.
"All in all, we seized 32.42kg of ganja from the unit,"
"We found 20 packets of dried leaves suspected to be ganja, and 110g of syabu ( crystalized methamphetamine) stored in five packets in the living room,"
The suspect will be remanded until August 20, to facilitate investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which is punishable by death upon conviction.