KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM5.16mil worth of drugs were seized following 15 raids in the city and Selangor.

Police also detained 17 syndicate members aged between 28 and 59, including the mastermind in his 40s, following the raids on Sept 8 and Sept 9.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director Deputy Comm Zainuddin Ahmad said police conducted six raids in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur on Sept 8 and detained five locals - three men and two women.

"We also uncovered a drug processing lab at a house in Damansara.

"Three of those detained tested positive for drugs while two of them had past criminal records and drug-related offences," he told a press conference in Bukit Aman on Friday (Sept 11).

An array of drugs worth RM2.25mil were also seized from the first series of raids, he added.

"Among the drugs seized were 43.56kg of ketamine, 154.22g syabu and 1.5g ecstasy pills.

"We also seized equipment used to produce drugs and assets belonging to the syndicate worth RM334,750," he said.

In the second series of raids, DCP Zainuddin said nine raids were conducted in the Klang Valley on Sept 9.

"Eight local men, two local women and two Vietnamese women were detained.

"Two of them tested positive for ketamine while five local men had past criminal records," he added.

Police also seized various drugs, including 32.72kg of MDMA powder, 1.4kg syabu, 11.43kg ecstasy pills and 3.32kg of ketamine worth RM2.91mil.

"We also seized assets of the syndicates worth RM1.2mil including 13 vehicles," he said.

DCP Zainuddin said those detained have been remanded until Sept 17.

"The drugs seized from the raids could have supplied more than 400,000 addicts.

"We believe the syndicates have been operating for about two months," he added.

He also thanked the cooperation of the public that led to the successful raids.

"We will continue to combat the drug syndicates as the war on drugs is far from over," he said.

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