Police confirm RM27.5m drug syndicate crippled with main suspect shot dead

Police confirm RM27.5m drug syndicate crippled with main suspect shot dead



Bukit Aman NCID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said in the raid, the 52-year-old main suspect was shot dead after he acted aggressively by firing shots at the raiding team at a terraced house in this district at about 1.30 pm. — Picture by Raymond Manuel


Summary

• The Royal Malaysia Police's Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department dismantled a drug syndicate producing RM27.5 million worth of MDMA in Seremban and Kuala Lumpur.
• The main suspect was shot dead during a raid after aggressively firing at the police, and the operation revealed a drug lab in a rented house.
• Police arrested two individuals in separate raids, seized three cars, and believe the bust could prevent drugs from reaching over 400,000 users.

First Published: Monday, 07 Sep 2026 3:48 PM MYT


SEREMBAN, Sept 7 — The Royal Malaysia Police’s (PDRM) Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) crippled a drug processing syndicate suspected of producing Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) worth a total of RM27.5 million in this district and Kuala Lumpur in Op Thrips yesterday.

Bukit Aman NCID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said in the raid, the 52-year-old main suspect was shot dead after he acted aggressively by firing shots at the raiding team at a terraced house in this district at about 1.30 pm.

He said the house rented by the suspect had been used as a laboratory to process the drugs since early this year, adding that police seized suspected MDMA comprising 64.49 kilogrammes (kg) of liquid, 5.2kg of drug lumps, 7.9kg of drug pills, 104.8kg of drug powder, as well as various drug-processing equipment.


“We believe the suspect obtained the drugs with the assistance of other syndicate members by bringing in drug-processing precursors from abroad.


“The suspect who was shot dead also had the expertise to process these chemicals into MDMA or ecstasy,” he said at a press conference at the Seremban district police headquarters (IPD) here today.

It was believed that the suspect had extensive experience, as his involvement in drug-related activities had been detected since the 1990s, in addition to having three previous arrest and imprisonment records under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Hussein said the main suspect was also wanted under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act 1961, in addition to having a previous criminal record under Section 448 of the Penal Code.


He added that the syndicate’s modus operandi was to use residential areas with low population density as locations for processing and distributing drugs to conceal their activities from the authorities.

Hussein said the drugs were believed to be intended for the local and overseas markets, while police were now actively tracking down several more suspects believed to have fled abroad.

Meanwhile, he said police also conducted two separate raids in Seremban 2 and at a house in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur, which led to the arrest of a 32-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man.

Both the woman and man tested positive for methamphetamine and THC, respectively, and both had various previous criminal records, including drug-related offences. They were remanded for seven days until Sept 13.

Hussein said police also seized three cars and that the case was being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code and Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

He said the seizure could indirectly curb the distribution of drugs to more than 400,000 users. — Bernama