KUCHING: The two Indonesians arrested on suspicion of being members of a drug syndicate last Friday, are in fact policemen.
The duo, aged 37 and 44, were nabbed at a hotel here by a team from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) in connection with the seizure of over 3kg of drugs at Kuala
Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
This came a day after a woman from the Philippines, was apprehended at KLIA for possession of Syabu weighing 3.1kg valued at RM620,000.
It is believed that the woman had planned a rendezvous with the two at that hotel prior to her arrest.
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the two arrests were meant to facilitate further investigation by Bukit Aman police.
“Investigation is still on-going to determine whether the two (male suspects) are linked to a drug syndicate,” he said when contacted yesterday.
In a press statement, state police commissioner Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman said a search by his men found nothing illegal on the male suspects and both tested negative for drugs.
“They have since been remanded for further investigation till Sept 6,” he said, adding that the case had been classified under Section 39 (B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Meanwhile, Indonesia’s deputy consul here Marisa Febriana, said her office was prepared to cooperate with local police on the investigation.
She also mentioned that the consulate would provide legal aid to the two male suspects, as well as to hold a watching brief for them should the duo be charged in court.