GEORGE TOWN: Police uncovered a drug trafficking syndicate's ploy of hiding ganja in a Chinese cemetery in Mount Erskine, Pulau Tikus here when they carried out a series of raids and arrested two men and seized drugs worth RM496,088 on Wednesday (Jan 24) and Thursday (Jan 25).
Northeast District Police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said that in the first raid, they arrested a 50-year-old man by the roadside at the Hong Seng Estate at 4pm and seized ganja weighing 7.82g.
He said that upon interrogation, the suspect led police to an old Chinese grave where they found 100 packets of compressed ganja, weighing 102.9kg and valued at RM331,272, hidden inside a 60cm-deep hole dug in one of the graves.
"Police then arrested a 35-year-old man about 300m from where the first suspect was nabbed and seized ganja and syabu worth almost RM10,000," he told a media conference here on Saturday (Jan 27).
He said the second suspect then led police to a hut in the Hong Seng Estate settlement and police seized 45 packets of compressed ganja, weighing almost 50kg and valued at RM154,869, stashed in two gunny sacks in the hut.
He said preliminary investigations found that the two men, believed to be from the same syndicate network, had been active since last December, adding that they received the ganja supply from a neighbouring country for distribution in the local market.
"The two unemployed men tested positive for drugs and have been remanded for seven days to assist in investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952," he said. - Bernama
