Syndicates Using Red Bull Drinks Laced With Ecstasy Pills To Distribute Drugs Undetected
Drug syndicates have found a way to offer drinkers of energy drinks or tea a new high by lacing them with crushed-up Ecstasy pills, reports say.
By Sadho Ram — 11 Oct 2014, 03:20 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
On 3 October, in a raid, believed to have crippled a "large-scale" Ecstasy-processing den, police seized over 35,000 Ecstasy pills worth RM3.5 million from a condominium in Jalan Kuchai Maju
“Police found powdered ecstasy that was packed as Chinese tea, weighing 12kg and two bottles of processed liquid ecstasy and various equipment used for processing drugs,” Bukit Aman Narcotics Department director Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said. He added that there was no one in the house when the raid was carried out.
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However, it was what the drug syndicates were doing with the Ecstasy pills that intrigued police, The Star reported
Noor Rashid said police also raided a house which was turned into a drug processing and packaging laboratory for ecstasy pills and seized about 35,000 ecstacy pills worth RM3.5 million
Image via themalaymailonline.com“We found that they were crushing the pills and mixing them into packets of tea powder and Red Bull drinks. We found 12kg packets of Chinese aromatic tea which had been mixed with several kinds of Ecstasy pills and then repackaged.”
thestar.com.my“Syndicates were also mixing Red Bull with crushed-up pills and selling them in small dropper bottles. We have never seen anything like this before,” said investigating officer Insp Muhammad Shah Rezza Abdul Rahim.
thestar.com.myBukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said the new find was of great concern as it allowed syndicates to distribute drugs in an inconspicuous manner.
At a press conference in Bukit Aman, Comm Noor Rashid also announced the recent arrests of 3 drug mules who attempted to smuggle over RM1.7 million worth of methamphetamine through the KL International Airport
Bukit Aman Narcotics Department director Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said among the five suspects, two Iranians, aged 23 and 25, were detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) while trying to smuggle drugs into the country.
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“Last Wednesday at about 8am, police in KLIA, Sepang, detained the two Iranians who arrived from Armenia through Dubai. Upon inspection, police found 3.9kg of Syabu worth RM741,000, hidden in their luggage,” he said.
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On October 1, police in KLIA had also detained an African, aged 30, and seized 5.2kg of Syabu worth RM988,000 that was hidden in his luggage after arriving from Johannesburg, South Africa. On the same day, police also detained a husband and wife couple, aged 49 and 48, in Cheras and Setapak.
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All 3 have been remanded for seven days and face the death penalty if found guilty
“The police are always tightening surveillance and security around our airports to make sure that these points do not become a place of entry for drugs,” he said.
thestar.com.myIn another case, police arrested a man and his wife who are believed to be supplying Ecstasy to entertainment centres in the city, and confiscated about RM1.5mil worth of Ecstasy, psychotropic pills and ganja from their home in Setapak.