KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The police busted a drug trafficking syndicate, believed to be active in the Klang Valley, with the seizure of drugs, worth RM10.8 million, in five raids in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, last Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The police have arrested a 40-year-old man who was at the wheel of a Lexus car which crashed into six vehicles on the Bukit Jalil Highway last Saturday after he was found to be driving under the influence of drugs.

IPOH, Nov 23 — Seven individuals, including a woman, were arrested by the police for alleged drug trafficking in a raid in Ipoh yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — A man with 15 criminal records was arrested by the police yesterday for allegedly possessing more than 60 kilogrammes of drugs, all worth RM190,200, in a house in Kampung Baru here yesterday.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 14 — The Johor Police arrested 11,472 individuals for various drug offences through Op Tapis, conducted across the state from January 1 to October 12.

MELAKA, June 12 — The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has proposed to the Home Ministry (KDN) to amend or enact several acts related to drug penalties in line with current developments in the abuse of banned substances in the country.

MELAKA, June 5 — Malaysia will lead the development of clinical trials of several existing medicines used for other diseases to treat dengue fever in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — The antiviral drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, which was previously used in health clinics and government hospitals, will be extended to private hospitals and clinics as well as teaching hospitals, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The antiviral drug Molnupiravir will be given free of charge to Covid-19 patients who are symptomatic for at least five days or category three, four and five patients, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking to use some other drugs apart from Baricitinib to treat Covid-19 patients in the country, said MOH deputy director-general (Research and Technical Support) Datuk Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim.

SHAH ALAM, July 9 — The Selangor police arrested 13 Malaysians, including three women, and a Vietnamese woman, who are believed to be members of a drug smuggling syndicate, through a series of raids in the state, leading to the seizure of 764.34 kilogrammes (kg) of drugs, worth RM44 million.

PETALING JAYA, June 5 — Police arrested three men suspected of being involved in a drug trafficking syndicate using courier service, in several raids here, Cheras and Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday and Thursday.

SERDANG, April 19 — The police and Tenaga Nasional Berhad busted a group that had been stealing electricity supply to conduct bitcoin mining activities in a raid on six premises in Seri Kembangan and Bandar Kinrara here, on April 8 and 17.

SINGAPORE, April 19 — A 22-year-old Malaysian was arrested in Singapore last Friday for suspected drug trafficking offences, where the drugs confiscated from him could feed up to 12,000 drug abusers for a week.

JOHOR BAHRU, March 25 — The Captagon pills seized by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department in Port Klang recently are believed destined for third countries for use by militants, said Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay. It was a new type of drug used by militants to...

JELI, Feb 27 — The police have identified several key masterminds of drug trafficking syndicates in the country who are hiding behind their titles of 'Tan Sri', 'Datuk Seri' and 'Datuk', said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Police arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly mugging a woman while out on their first date.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Nov 20 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) is upgrading its Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centres (Puspen) nationwide to attract more people with drug addiction problems to come forward voluntarily for treatment and rehabilitation.

BATU PAHAT, Oct 6 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has targetted all 155 risky areas nationwide with drug abuse problems to ‘go green' by 2025.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 — A debt collector escaped the gallows for trafficking in methamphetamine five years ago, but will be in jail for 16 years and given 20 strokes of the cane instead for drug possession.