The drug trafficking activities of an unemployed man who had allegedly been distributing various types of narcotics for the past six months came to an end after he was arrested during a police raid at a condominium in Segambut last Thursday.
Sentul District Police Chief, Basri Sagoni, said the 51-year-old local suspect was detained at about 10.50am by officers from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division of the Sentul District Police Headquarters.
During the first raid at a condominium unit, officers arrested the suspect in the living room before he led them to a room inside the residence and handed over a transparent plastic packet.
A subsequent inspection uncovered two transparent packets containing suspected methamphetamine weighing 33.85 grammes.
Police later accompanied the suspect to another condominium unit within the same complex, where a larger stash of drugs was discovered.
According to Basri, officers found various types of narcotics stored in several rooms, including suspected MDMA liquid, MDMA powder, ketamine, ecstasy pills, Yaba pills and Erimin 5 tablets.
Among the items seized were 121 bottles containing suspected MDMA liquid, 165 packets of suspected MDMA powder, 988 grammes of ketamine, 228 ecstasy pills, 65 Yaba pills and 26 aluminium foil packets containing Erimin 5 tablets.
Further inspections also uncovered several bottles, containers and cartridges filled with suspected MDMA liquid, along with five transparent plastic packets containing ketamine.
In total, police seized 11,674.4 grammes of MDMA powder, 69.2 grammes of Erimin 5, 186.63 grammes of ecstasy pills, 1,158.9 grammes of ketamine and 7.27 grammes of Yaba pills.
“The total value of the drugs seized is estimated at RM1.72 million and is believed to be enough to supply 349,872 drug users,” Basri said.
A urine screening test conducted on the suspect returned positive results for methamphetamine and amphetamine.
Police checks also revealed that the suspect has 13 previous criminal records.
The suspect has been remanded for seven days, from Friday until Thursday, to assist investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Police are continuing investigations to identify other members of the syndicate and trace the source of the drug supply.
