The items come from 96 cases, which happened between 2006 and 2015, and were already resolved in the courts.
Sabah Police Commissioner Ramli Din today said the items, including laptops and TV sets, were considered electrical and electronic waste, or “e-waste”, and were no longer of use.
“It is considered waste because it is combustible, corrosive, toxic and has a harmful impact on people and the environment. These items will be sent to Shah Alam for disposal.
“The Kota Kinabalu city police headquarters decided to dispose of these items using the e-waste method in line with the standard operating procedures laid down by the Department of Environment.
“It is also in accordance with the ‘go-green’ concept practised by police all this while.”
A pre-disposal ceremony took place at the Sabah police contingent headquarters’ central exhibit storeroom here today.
Also present were Sabah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) director Sazali Salbi, Sabah CID chief Salehhudin Abd Rahman and Kota Kinabalu city police chief ACP M Chandra.
In a related development, Ramli said 21 women and a man, all locals, had been detained in a special anti-gambling operation by city police and MACC at several locations last Saturday.
“All those detained, aged between 15 and 42, are suspected to have been involved in illegal lottery gambling,” he said.
“All the nine gambling premises raided had been operating behind the facade of legitimate businesses, such as grocery stores.”