Mohd Sabri showing the confiscated air gun to reporters.

BAU: A late night inspection of a motorcycle workshop, store and house behind the workshop last Saturday (March 29) yielded items believed used to process drugs for distribution.

According to Bau district police chief DSP Mohd Sabri Zainol, seven locals, aged 21 to 34, were apprehended in the around 1.30am inspection.

He said a group of police officers became suspicious on seeing a number of people at this workshop at such a late hour.

“When we inspected the store, we found a bag containing roughly 1.13g of syabu (methamphetamine) in three green tubes and two plastic bags as well as 20 Erimin 5mg tablets (Nimetazepam).

“We also confiscated RM2,841 which we believe to be revenue from drug sales,” Mohd Sabri told reporters at a press conference at Bau Police Headquarters here yesterday.

A search of the premises yielded items believed to be used to process and package drugs for distribution including a weighing scale, scissors and a funnel.

“Additionally, when we inspected the house behind the workshop store we found a Homeland Defender air
pistol and 18 tubes of compressed gas for firing pellets that take the form of ball bearings,” he said.

Out of the seven apprehended, four tested positive for drugs and could be charged under Section 15 (1) (a) and Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Section 12 (2) states that no person shall have in his possession, custody or control of any dangerous drug unless he is authorised to be in possession, custody or control of such drug or is deemed to be authorised under this Act or the regulations.

If found guilty, they could face a fine not exceeding RM100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both.

Section 15 (1) (a) states that any person who consumes, administers to himself, or suffers any other person, contrary to Section 14 to administer to him any dangerous drug specified in Parts III and IV of the First Schedule, if found guilty they could face a fine not exceeding RM5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.

They could also be charged under Section 8 of the Arms Act 1960 for possession of an unlicensed and illegal weapon, and could face a fine not exceeding RM10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or both.

The seven are being remanded for four days for further investigation.

In an unrelated case, a Volkswagen car bearing a Bruneian license plate has been detained for investigation as it is suspected to have been stolen and taken across the border to a neighbouring country.

“The driver, a local, is being detained for further questioning and investigation,” Mohd Sabri said.