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Malay Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Malay Mail
Drug hub shut down in Sungai Buloh as police net 50 in sweeping raid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A targeted police operation in Sungai Buloh has dismantled a local drug distribution point and led to 50 arrests, including a suspected supplier. The Selangor Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) conducted 'Ops Sarang' on May 31 after identifying the area as a drug hotspot. According to police, addicts would loiter at the site and wait for drug dealers to arrive with supplies. During the operation, JSJN officers arrested one local man believed to be a supplier who sold drugs directly to users at the scene. Among the 50 arrested were 47 Malaysian men, one Malaysian woman and two foreign men, all aged between 20 and 60. Police seized over 273 grams of heroin, 184 grams of syabu and 20 grams of Erimin 5, with a combined street value estimated at RM15,771. Investigations are ongoing under Section 39B and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, depending on the role of each suspect.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- BBC News
Three people jailed for Weston-super-Mare county lines operation
Three people involved in a county lines drug operation operation have been Wyman, Brett Marshall, and Louise Sanders, all pleaded guilty to being involved in the supply of class A drugs at Bristol Crown was arrested on 24 October 2024 after police saw him get into a car and leave it a few seconds later, in a suspected drugs deal in Manilla Crescent in then searched Marshall's home and found Sanders and Wyman, the latter in possession of suspected drugs, more than £1,000 in cash and a knuckle duster. The Avon and Somerset Police investigation that followed proved the trio were involved in bringing drugs from the midlands into 19 and from Birmingham, was jailed for three 43, from Weston-super-Mare, was jailed for two years and Sanders, 45, also from Weston, for 16 months. PC Tom Highton, said: "Cocaine, heroin and other illegal substances cause an immense amount misery to people, not only drug users but the local communities too."The imprisonment of Wyman, Marshall and Sanders hopefully should act as a warning to anyone involved in the supply of illegal drugs that they risk a significant custodial sentence because we and our partners in the criminal justice system are determined to bring such offenders before the courts."
News.com.au
07-05-2025
- News.com.au
AFP arrest father and son over western Sydney meth manufacturing labs
A father and son are in custody for allegedly participating in a large-scale methamphetamine manufacture and supply operation in western Sydney. Australian Federal Police officers arrested the pair and a third man following the discovery of two clandestine laboratories. The laboratories were discovered in October 2024 alongside $1m in cash, 130kg in meth and 12kg in cocaine. The arrest of the 25-year-old Parramatta man, the 55-year-old Kellyville man and the 45-year-old Werombi man bring arrests flowing from the lab discovery to seven, the AFP said on Wednesday. Police have also released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak with in their ongoing investigation. AFP Acting Commander Peter Fogarty is expected to address the media on the operation at 11.30am AEST.
