3 Pinoys arrested for drug possession in Malaysia –report

Three Filipinos were arrested in a drug bust in Labuan in East Malaysia earlier this week after 14 packets of suspected illegal substance were found in their possession.

report on news site Bernama said the suspected illegal substance was seized from a 59-year-old man who tested positive for the drug and two unemployed men aged 26 and 29 years old.

Labuan police chief Supt. Adzhar Othman told Bernama that the seized crystalline substance, known locally as “syabu,” weighed 6.06g and cost more or less RM1,000.

All three men were detained in accordance with Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. They did not possess any travel documents.

They were apprehended in a raid at a house on Monday night. Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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