IPOH (BERNAMA) – Three Vietnamese women were among four people arrested by police in connection with the seizure of drugs worth MYR5.5 million in two separate raids in Pantai Remis near Manjung, Malaysia recently.
Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hasan Basri said the suspects, aged between 32 and 39, were arrested at a rented house at 7am by a team from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department. “A search of the house, believed to have been used for processing and packaging drugs, found 245 ecstasy pills weighing 100 grammes (g) and about 1.27g of ecstasy powder, all worth MYR95,043.
“Police also seized chemicals and equipment used to process and package drugs,” he told a press conference at the Perak police headquarters yesterday.
The arrest of the suspects led to another raid on a house used as a drug processing and packaging place in Panchor, Pantai Remis, at 3.30pm the same day.
From the second house, which belongs to the male local suspect, police seized 11,838 ecstasy pills weighing 5.59 kilogrammes (kg), ecstasy powder weighing 38.3kg and ecstasy liquid weighing about 31.3kg.
“The police team also found 2kg of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, crystals suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 844g and about 162g of heroin, with all the seized drugs worth about MYR5.4 million,” he said.
Police also confiscated three vehicles as well as a chain and a ring, with a total estimated value of MYR763,693.
Mohd Yusri said all the suspects tested positive for amphetamine-type drugs and the male suspect had a record of nine criminal cases.
“The syndicate is believed to have been active since the beginning of last year,” he said, adding that all the suspects had been remanded for a week from April 2 for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
