Zaini (second right) shows the confiscated syabu. — Bernama photo
KOTA KINABALU: Police have arrested a foreign national and seized drugs worth an estimated RM207,378 during an operation on Sunday.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass said, acting on intelligence and surveillance carried out by the Semporna Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division, the 25-year-old man was picked up at 7.30pm at the Semporna Bus Terminal.
“During the arrest the suspect who has just arrived from Kota Kinabalu was carrying a box.
“Upon inspection we discovered 29 small boxes containing earphones and five large ‘green tea’ packages containing powder suspected to be syabu weighing 5.184kg,” he said here yesterday.
Zaini said further inspection found that the suspect did not possess any identification document and he was tested negative for drugs.
“The drugs were meant for distribution in Semporna and could feed the drug habit of about 1,000 addicts for a period of a month,” he added. — Bernama