Seven detained in anti-narcotics raid

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KUCHING: Two men in their 50s were among seven persons detained by police during a raid of a house at Kampung Semerah Padi on Monday night.

Acting on a tip-off, personnel from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department stormed the house around 11.30pm and arrested seven men, aged 24 to 53, on the upper floor.

A search of the upper floor produced over 10 transluscent packets filled with a crystalline substance believed to be Syabu and drug-related paraphernalia.

The suspects from Semariang and Bako were brought to state police headquarters for questioning, and detained for investigation under Sections 39A(1) and 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.