Penang police detain three men and a foreign woman, confiscating drugs worth RM2 million in George Town operations targeting a trafficking syndicate.
GEORGE TOWN: Police have arrested three local men and a foreign woman suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking syndicate.
The arrests and seizure of drugs worth RM2 million followed two raids in George Town between 1 pm yesterday and 2 am today.
Penang Police Chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the operations were conducted by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department based on intelligence.
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Initial arrests led to the detention of a local man and a foreign woman acting as runners.
Interrogations directed police to a vehicle where a bag containing five plastic packs was found.
Inside were 156 plastic packets of powder suspected to be MDMA, weighing approximately 2,507 grams.
Police also seized a yellow bag with 118 packets of MDMA powder weighing 2,323 grams.
A bag labelled ‘Blackout’ contained 64 packets labelled ‘Cadbury’ suspected to be MDMA, weighing 2,140 grams.
Another white bag held 203 white and green packets of suspected MDMA with a total weight of 2,723 grams.
A box labelled ‘Tang’ contained 120 packets labelled ‘Lychee’ of suspected MDMA powder weighing 2,458 grams.
Other seizures included 41 packets of suspected Ketamine weighing 51.40 grams.
Police also found 30 Ecstasy pills and 10 Erimin 5 pills.
Further interrogation led to the arrest of two more local men who were accomplices serving as runners.
Azizee said intelligence indicates the syndicate has been active in drug distribution since July last year.
“The total amount of drugs seized is estimated to be enough for over 50,000 users,” he said.
Urine tests showed three of the suspects tested positive for drugs.
Record checks revealed three of them have prior criminal and drug-related records.
All four suspects have been remanded for six days until January 8.
They are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama
