SERDANG: Police have arrested a pair of lovers on suspicion of being involved in a syndicate distributing various types of drugs, worth an estimated RM1.2mil around the Klang Valley, on Aug 10.
Both the 20-year-old suspects, a local man and a Vietnamese woman, were arrested in a hotel at the One Puchong Business Park.
Serdang district police chief ACP AA Anbalagan said their arrest led to the seizure of various types of drugs such as syabu and ecstasy pills from a condominium unit in Kepong, Bernama reported.
“The couple’s modus operandi is to repack all the drugs into smaller packets for distribution around the Klang Valley. This syndicate is believed to be active for the past six months and the seized drugs are believed to be enough for the consumption of 50,000 addicts,” he told a press conference at the Serdang district police headquarters yesterday. Police were investigating whether the suspects processed the drugs themselves or obtained the supply locally or from abroad.
Both suspects are held under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code from Aug 10-24 for a second remand and the case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
