Lecturer and jobless man arrested for allegedly dealing drugs in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) A lecturer at a local university and a jobless man have been arrested by police for allegedly pushing drugs in the city over the past few months.

Following the arrests on Saturday (Feb 6), police personnel seized 1.38kg of cannabis, 3.3gm of ecstasy powder and 10 ecstasy pills worth more than RM7,000 as well as RM2,000 in cash.

Brickfields district police chief ACP Anuar Omar said the lecturer was nabbed following the arrest of a 19-year-old man by the roadside in Kuchai Maju here at 2 pm.

The 31-year-old lecturer from a university in Selangor was arrested in the Jalan Pahang area at about 10.30 pm on the same day following interrogation of the unemployed youth, Anuar said in a statement here on Sunday (Feb 7).

He said police personnel seized a transparent plastic package suspected to contain MDMA from the youth, who obtained the drugs from the dark web.

ACP Anuar added that the youth had been dealing in drugs for about seven months and said that his urine tested positive for cannabis.

He said that bsuspects have been remanded for seven days from today for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the death penalty on conviction.

"We are conducting a further investigation to identify members of the syndicate as well as the source of the drug supply," he added. - Bernama