Couple nabbed in drug lab bust, cops seize drugs worth over RM70k

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong (centre), Asp Cheng Guan Ching (left) and Insp Mohd Yusoff Ramli (right) showing the seized drugs during a press conference at Northeast district police headquaters in Penang on February 19, 2021. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star.

GEORGE TOWN: Police busted a drug processing lab, detained a young couple and confiscated various types of drugs worth more than RM70,000 in an operation at a condominium in Lebuh Sungai Pinang.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the couple was detained in two raids conducted by the district Narcotics Criminal Investigations Department during the wee hours on Wednesday (Feb 17).