BAU: A contract labourer ends up in police custody after urine screening found him positive for methamphetamine yesterday (May 19).
Bau police chief Supt Mohd Haide A. Rahman said the 28-year-old man was detained around noon at the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) office.
This was after preliminary test results found traces of the illicit substance in his system.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted that he last consumed syabu two days before his arrest.
Mohd Haide stated that the case is being investigated under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
If convicted, the offence provides for a fine up to RM5,000 or imprisonment of up to two years.
Aside from that, he can also be placed under police supervision for two years under Section 38B of the same Act.
