Couple Among 4 Held In Rm2mil Drug Seizure In Penang

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Mohd Shuhaily Zain showing the drugs seized in a series of raids last week. (Bernama pic)GEORGE TOWN: Police crippled a drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of a couple and two men and seized drugs worth almost RM2 million in a series of raids between Jan 20 and Jan 22.
State police chief Mohd Shuhaily Zain said the first suspect, a 43-year-old man, was arrested in Bukit Minyak at 5pm on Jan 20 following a tip-off and intelligence findings over the past month.
“Three yellow plastic packets with the word ‘Daguanyin’, a Chinese tea brand, containing 3,162gm of syabu worth RM113,832 were found on the man, who later led the police to his house in Bukit Minyak.
“At the house, police detained the man’s 30-year-old wife and found 20 similar packets containing 20,800gm of syabu worth RM748,800 and 1,289gm of ketamine worth RM70,895, as well as 58,750 Eramin 5 pills worth RM881,250,” Shuhaily told a media conference here today.
He said the third suspect was picked up when his car was stopped for inspection at 11am in Butterworth, where four packets of ketamine weighing 3,250gm and worth RM178,750 were found in the vehicle, while the fourth suspect was detained the following day, also in Butterworth.
Shuhaily said apart from the drugs, eight luxury cars, cash and jewellery worth RM1.31 million were also seized from the syndicate, which was believed to have been active since early last year.
All suspects have been remanded to help in the investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Suhaily said police had also detained 334 people, aged between 15 and 61, and seized various drugs worth RM14,208 in the statewide Op Tapis from Jan 21 to 23.
Also detained were two policemen from the Penang contingent headquarters who tested positive for drugs during a urine test conducted on Monday and Wednesday.
Suhaily said police will not compromise with anyone, including police personnel, if they were found to have flouted the law or were on drugs. - FMT

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