417 Detained as Police Raid Unlicensed Kuala Lumpur Nightclub in Early-Morning Drug Operation
Police in Kuala Lumpur detained 417 people in a raid on an unlicensed venue on Jalan Sultan Ismail [1]. The raid took place in the early hours of Sunday, November 1 [2]. Police suspected the venue was a hub for drug activity [2].
The raid ran from 2:30 in the morning to 10:30 in the morning [1]. Police said a tip led them to the site [1]. The tip said the club had no licence [1]. It also said guests were using drugs there [1].
Key facts
The 417 people held were 299 men and 118 women [1]. They were guards, workers and guests [2]. Four of them were from Bangladesh [2]. Dang Wangi police chief Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin gave these details [2].
All 417 people were taken to the Dang Wangi police base [2]. There, police will record their details [2]. They will also take urine tests [2]. The test results have not yet been made public [2].
Police also raided a second site at around 2 in the morning [2]. The site was on Jalan Tun Razak [2]. Eight men were held there [2]. They were aged 21 to 40 [2]. Six were foreign men [2]. Two were from Bangladesh and two were from Myanmar [2]. They had no valid travel papers [2]. Two were from China [2].
The second raid was called Op Noda [2]. It was run by anti-vice police and drug police from Wangsa Maju [2]. Police seized DJ gear, mics, speakers and amps [2]. They also seized four bottles of liquor [2]. They took sales slips worth more than 2,100 ringgit [2].
Context
Police acted after they got word that the Jalan Sultan Ismail site was tied to drug abuse [2]. Officers moved in while the site was full [2]. The crowd held guards, workers and guests [2].
The second raid shows police hit more than one site that morning [2]. Both sites lacked a licence [2]. The Jalan Tun Razak case also tied to drug claims [2].
What happens next
Next steps rest on the urine test results [2]. Those results are not yet public [2].
The eight men from Jalan Tun Razak face a probe under four laws [2]. They are the Federal Territory Entertainment Act [2]. They are the Immigration Act [2]. They are the National Registration Regulations [2]. They are the Penal Code rule on blocking officials [2].
Verified: 2026-11-01
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