All seven nabbed in house tested positive for drugs

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Police escort the suspects to Miri CPS yesterday for further investigation.

Police escort the suspects to Miri CPS yesterday for further investigation.

MIRI: Narcotics Police arrested seven people including two 17-year-old youths in an ambush of a house in Shang Garden here at about 9.45am yesterday.

Five were male suspects aged 17 to 43, while two were females aged 17 and 19.

A check of the house found no illegal substance in their possession.

Police brought back all seven suspects to Narcotics Police Investigation Department where their urine tested positive for Amphetamine.

The suspects were taken to Miri Central Police Station where the case is being investigated under Section 15(1)(a) of The Dangerous Drug Act 1952 for drug abuse.