Published on: Monday, February 08, 2021
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Kota Kinabalu: A 30-year-old jobless man may face the gallows after being caught in possession of RM280,088 worth of assorted drugs enough for nearly 30,000 users in the city.
City Police Chief ACP Habibi Majinji said they also believed they smashed a syndicate involved in distributing drugs especially to night entertainment outlets with the case.
He said the suspect was nabbed in a raid conducted by the city Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) in a collaboration with the State NCID at 4.50pm at the Kepayan Ridge flats off Jalan Hospital Queen Elizabeth on Feb 5 in the case framed under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides the death penalty on conviction.