Pubdate: Mon, 15 May 2000
Source: Star (Malaysia)
Copyright: 2000 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd.
Contact:  13 Jalan 13/6, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Website: http://www.thestar.com.my
Author: Kuldeep S. Jessy

14-YEAR-OLD AMONG 50 PATRONS TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS

SITIAWAN: Fifty people, including a 14-year-old student, tested positive for
drugs in preliminary urine tests after a raid at an unlicensed karaoke
lounge and discotheque in Taman Samudera, Sri Manjung, here, yesterday.

In the two-hour raid which began at 2.24am, a total of 379 patrons were
taken to the police station here for screening.

Of the 50, two girls and a boy were discharged. They were aged between 14
and 17.

Five of the patrons had earlier tried to escape by jumping out of a window
at the back of the outlet located on the second floor of a building but
police caught them later.

Perak CID chief Asst Comm Abu Bakar Mustaffa said the outlet was operating
without a licence since May last year.

He said police found 19 sticks of cigarettes believed to be stuffed with
cannabis, four Ecstacy pills and a modified plastic bottle suspected to have
been used for sniffing drugs.

Three rattan sticks and two iron pipes which could be used as weapons were
also recovered.

When contacted by police, parents of several of the underaged girls
expressed shock that their daughters were at the outlet, ACP Abu Bakar said.

He said the owner of the outlet would be charged for operating without a
licence.

In Penang, police rounded up 138 people on suspicion of consuming
amphetamine-type stimulants at two entertainment outlets.

Forty-eight of them tested positive, police said.
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