adminTANAH MERAH: Police arrested 34 individuals, including four locals suspected of being tekongs, in the activity of bringing in immigrants through illegal routes at the illegal Yuti base, Nibong, here yesterday.
Tanah Merah District Police Chief Supt Mohd Haki Hasbullah said the operation at 9.45am also arrested 30 Myanmar nationals, consisting of 18 men and 12 women.
He said the operation based on intelligence information was carried out through the Tanah Merah IPD KDNKA Inter-Agency Ops, based on KPD Operation Order No. 269/2026.
“The operation was led by the Nibong Police Station Chief and the Batu Gajah Police Station Chief with a strength of 10 personnel from Nibong Police Station, Batu Gajah Police Station, Bukit Bunga Police Station and Lalang Pepuyu Police Station,” he said in a statement today.
Mohd Haki said the results of the examination found that three out of the four locals who were arrested tested positive for drugs.
Police also found a bottle of liquid suspected to be ketum water with a volume of approximately 450 milliliters in a Perodua Myvi vehicle.
He said two vehicles, a Perodua Myvi and a Honda City, as well as the liquid suspected to be ketum water, were also seized for further investigation.
The case is being investigated under Section 55E and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Section 30(3) of the Poisons Act 1952.
— BERNAMA
