KEPALA BATAS: Penang police disposed of RM10.5 million worth of drugs with the help of Syarikat Kualiti Alam Sekitar Sdn Bhd here today.
Amongst the case items destroyed were 50.2kg of marijuana, 20.5kg of syabu and 25.6kg of heroin, apart from items containing prohibited substances, which included 6.8 litres of ethanol and 2.7 litres of methanol.
Acting police chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Roslee Chik said that police obtained a court order to dispose of the drugs, which involved 891 investigation papers between 2000 to 2016.
He said that the disposal had to be carried out by Syarikat Kualiti Alam Sekitar as the case items were listed as schedule waste under the Environmental Quality Regulations 2005.
"The company has proper facilities to dispose of the drugs, which would not affect the environment. This is more efficient than the traditional burning and burying method.
"As a safety precaution, police escorted the lorry carrying the drugs to the company's disposal facility," he said at the Police Contingent Central Store at Jalan Butterworth today.
Also present was state narcotics chief Superintendent Maidu Abu Bakar.