Cops bust drug syndicate in Cheras, seize RM800k worth of Ecstasy

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized almost RM800,000 worth of Ecstasy after crippling a drug syndicate here.

Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Mohamed Mokhsein Mohamed Zon said a team from the Cheras Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) arrested a 31-year-old real estate agent at the grounds of a condominium in Taman Shamelin Perkasa at around 10.50am on Monday following a tip-off.

"We checked the Proton Persona car he was driving and found 3.055kg of powder, believed to be Ecstasy.

"After interrogations and further investigations, the suspect then led us to an apartment in Kajang where we arrested another man and a Thai woman aged 27 and 29," he told reporters at the Cheras police headquarters on Wednesday (Jan 22).

He said police checked the apartment and found 1,802 Ecstasy pills, 3.63kg of Ecstasy powder and 425 bottles of soft drinks laced with Ecstasy as well as 80 sticks of cigarettes believed to contain ganja.

"Further investigations revealed the trio were the stockists and delivery arm for the drug syndicate.

"They used WeChat to sell their product and would sell the juice for RM200 while a packet of Ecstasy powder which could be mixed with other drinks would cost anywhere between RM40 and RM150.

"We are now investigating how big their network is as well as tracing its kingpin," he said, adding that they would liase with police in Penang and Johor Baru," he said, adding the drugs seized were estimated to be worth RM788,700 on the black market and could have supplied 196,800 users.