Remand of three suspected meth syndicate chemists extended

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Three foreign men suspected of acting as chemists for an international methamphetamine syndicate have had their remand extended until Jan 3 following their recent arrests in Penang.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mtekxhzf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The remand of three foreign men suspected of being chemists for an international

00:06methamphetamine syndicate has been extended by seven days until January 3, following their

00:12arrest in Penang. State Police Chief Datuk Azizi Ismail said the suspects, aged 32 to 38,

00:19were initially remanded for seven days, which ended on Saturday. No new arrests have been made,

00:24but investigations into the syndicate's network continue under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs

00:31Act 1952. Police uncovered an illegal meth lab at a durian orchard in Jalan Telukbahang, Balikpulau,

00:39after raids on December 20 and 21, seizing a total of 1.2 tons of drugs worth 38 million ringgit.

00:47Bukit Aman NCID Director Datuk Hussain Omar Khan said the first raid targeted a condominium along

00:54Jalan Gurdwara, Georgetown, where the suspects were processing methamphetamine. A 27-year-old local

01:01man died after falling from the fifth floor while attempting to flee. Police seized 26 kilograms of

01:07meth and packaging equipment. Subsequent raids at a business premises in Taman Windmill yielded 474

01:15kilograms of meth, believed to be stored and packaged for distribution. Police later raided a

01:21durian orchard about one kilometer from the main road, uncovering a large-scale meth lab with 60

01:27kilograms of meth powder, 54 kilograms of suspected crystal blocks, 574 kilograms of liquid meth and drug

01:34processing equipment seized.

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