Kuala lumpur: The Selangor Immigration Department uncovered a drug den used by foreign nationals during a raid at an apartment unit here yesterday. Immigration Department deputy director-general (Operations) Datuk Lokman Effendi Ramli reported that officers conducting checks on the ninth floor noticed a foreign man attempting to dispose of a small bag in a suspicious manner.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, further inspection revealed that the bag contained several modified items believed to be used for smoking syabu. The apartment unit was occupied by three foreign nationals, a married couple and another woman. The case will be handed over to the police for further investigation, as stated by Datuk Lokman Effendi Ramli at a press conference following the operation.

Lokman Effendi detailed that the three-and-a-half-hour operation, which began at 8.30 pm and involved 78 officers and personnel, saw 285 foreign nationals inspected. Out of those, 95 were detained for various immigration offences, including overstaying and not possessing valid identification documents. All those detained, aged between 18 and 50 and comprising 70 men and 25 women, will be placed at the Semenyih Immigration Depot for investigation.