BATU PAHAT (BERNAMA) – Malaysian police seized drugs, amounting to MYR895,662, in an apartment used as a store and packaging centre before being distributed throughout the state.
Batu Pahat district police chief ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said seven suspects were arrested in the raid, the result of almost a month’s intelligence.
He said the suspects comprised four local men, aged between 21 and 38, and three Thai and Vietnamese women, aged between 24 and 25.
“Preliminary urine screening tests found that all suspects tested positive for methamphetamine, and found that they had no previous record of offences, either involving drugs or crimes.
“Among the drugs confiscated were ecstasy powder, weighing 5,219.71 grammes (g); 65 ecstasy pills (23.17g); 56 Eramin 5 pills; and 96.46g of ketamine,” he told reporters in a press conference at the Batu Pahat district police headquarters (IPD) yesterday.
Shahrulanuar said in addition to turning the house into a store and packaging centre, this syndicate also delivers drugs to customers who have placed orders.
He said the results of the investigation also found that this syndicate has been active since the beginning of July, and that the amount of drugs confiscated could be used by approximately 19,000 drug addicts.
