SELANGOR POLICE BUST SYNDICATE SELLING METH-LACED VAPE

PETALING JAYA: Selangor police have smashed a syndicate selling drug-laced vape liquid worth more than RM5 million after raids in Klang and Sungai Buloh.

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the raids, in which two local men and 10 foreigners were arrested, marked the largest bust of drug-laced vape liquid in the state this year, reported Bernama.

Hussein said police arrested a local man at a vape retailer in Klang in the first raid on Tuesday, with 663 cartridges of vape liquid suspected to contain methamphetamine seized. Police also seized RM1,073 in cash and a Mazda CX-5 worth RM40,000

A local man and 10 foreigners were then arrested at a factory used to package drug-laced vape liquid in Sungai Buloh during a raid on Wednesday.

Police seized 4,600 vape pods and 158 plastic drums containing 865 litres of a liquid suspected to contain amphetamine and 650 litres of a liquid suspected to contain ketamine.

“The total value of the drugs seized in this case amounted to RM4.9 million,” he said.

Police also seized RM7,200 in cash, a chain worth RM3,200, three rings worth RM3,500, and a BMW worth RM45,000.

Hussein said the local man was a business manager who had hired the 10 foreigners to work for him by marketing the vape liquid to vape retailers and transporting it to neighbouring countries by land.

The foreigners were found packaging vape liquid at the factory during the raid.

Hussein said police were now searching for a foreigner who taught the business manager at the Sungai Buloh factory how to process vape liquid mixed with drugs.

Hussein said the foreigner, who provided the raw materials to produce the vape liquid, is also believed to be the local man’s business partner.

All the suspects are being remanded for five to seven days. The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for drug trafficking.

In April, deputy inspector-general of police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said more state governments should ban the sale of vape as they are increasingly being laced with synthetic drugs.

Ayob said students as young as 13 have been caught using vape containing substances mixed with drugs. Fentanyl-laced vape liquids, 100 times stronger and more dangerous than morphine, have also been found, he added.

2025-06-13T11:56:48Z