Penang cops bust two drug trafficking syndicates, seize drugs worth RM528,415

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GEORGE TOWN: Police thwarted two drug trafficking syndicates with the arrest of a married couple and two men and the seizure of various types of drugs...

: Police thwarted two drug trafficking syndicates with the arrest of a married couple and two men and the seizure of various types of drugs worth RM528,415 in a series of raids around Timur Laut district here last week.) said that, in the first case, the police arrested a man at the car park of a supermarket in Tanjung Tokong at 4 pm on Thursday and seized five packets of 5,170 grammes of crystal-like chunks worth RM170,610.

“The police then raided another house in Gelugor and arrested another man, who is a member of the drug trafficking syndicate that masterminded the married couple. However, no drugs were found on the third suspect,“ he told a press conference at the Penang contingent police headquarters today. He said the first man arrested was a businessman and the owner of a pub in the state, while the other two were unemployed, and all of them have been remanded until March 21 to assist in investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

He said during the raid, the police also seized 110g of ketamine, 29 ecstasy pills, 63g of methylenedioxymethamphetamine , and 30 Eramin 5 pills suspected to have been mixed into a popular instant pre-mix drink brand.

 

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