KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — A foreign woman was arrested after police seized three transparent plastic packets containing crystalline powder suspected to be syabu (methamphetamine), weighing 2.13 grammes, from the vehicle she was travelling in at Jalan Reko, Kajang near here yesterday.
Kajang police chief ACP Naazron Abdul Yusof said the woman was arrested after the white Honda City she was travelling in with a foreign man fled police check at about 6.15pm.
He said personnel from the Mobile Patrol Vehicle (MPV) Unit of the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division (BPJKK), Kajang District Police Headquarters (IPD), ordered the vehicle to stop for an inspection, but the male driver refused to comply before fleeing towards Semenyih.
The vehicle then entered the SILK Highway (Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway) heading towards Jalan Reko and is believed to have been driven dangerously before being involved in an accident with a civilian vehicle.
“Police successfully intercepted the vehicle near the Jalan Reko traffic light intersection. However, the male driver managed to escape, while the woman in the front passenger seat was apprehended,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He said the woman also failed to produce valid travel documents and had been remanded for four days. The vehicle was also seized to assist in the investigation.
“The case is being investigated under Section 186 of the Penal Code, Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. Investigations related to the road accident are also being conducted under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he said.
Naazron said police were currently tracking down the driver who fled, while further investigations were being conducted to identify the ownership of the seized drugs.
“Members of the public with information related to the incident or the suspect are urged to contact Investigating Officer Sergeant Major Norhafdzeli Ismail at 010-373 5508, the Kajang IPD at 03-8911 4222, or any nearby police station,” he said. — Bernama
