Jas Daily PostAugust 5, 2008 5:13 pm
Drugs missing from police station??
Was reading Channel News Asia and saw this news which is … terrible… tsk tsk tsk..
Read on.
Malaysian drug haul goes missing from police station
Posted: 05 August 2008 1129 hrs
KUALA LUMPUR - A drug haul worth 1.0 million ringgit (about US$300,000) has gone missing from police custody, jeopardising a probe into an international drug syndicate, a report said Tuesday.
The New Straits Times said the five-kilo stash of amphetamines, or "syabu", which had been stored at police headquarters in southern Johor state was believed to be from the year’s biggest drug bust.
The daily said the thieves were alleged to be policemen and that they had used acid to dissolve the padlock to the evidence room where the drugs were kept, while 60 officers were on duty in the building.
It cited unnamed sources as saying that a police officer was detained on Saturday for failing a urine test carried out after the drugs were discovered missing on Thursday.
In March police announced they had busted an international drug ring in Johor, which borders Singapore, arresting twelve people including four Singaporeans and a Thai national.
Over 46 kilos of heroin (101 pounds), 11,316 Ecstasy pills and other drugs worth more 48 million ringgit (US$15 million) were seized in a haul believed to have been destined for export. -AFP/vm
