MUAR: Police have arrested four men including an Indonesian national and seized over RM150,000 worth of drugs during an operation at a hotel here.
Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said that police carried out an operation early Wednesday (Feb 19) at around 5am, ahead of the arrests.
“Police detained three local men and one Indonesian male, all in their 30’s, at a hotel lobby here after monitoring them. We believe they are part of a drug trafficking syndicate that has been active for almost three years.
“Checks on the suspects found one transparent plastic package containing drugs believed to be heroin weighing 466gm and four transparent plastic packets containing drugs suspected to be syabu weighing more than 3,460gm,” he said here on Thursday (Feb 20).
ACP Raiz Mukhliz added the drugs were valued at RM152,870 where police believe the illegal substances are meant for local and overseas markets.
He said besides the drugs, police also seized a motorcycle and a car from the suspects and all of them tested positive for drugs.
“Checks found all of them have previous records while the Indonesian suspect has been found to overstayed in our country,” he said adding that all four of them were under remand until next Tuesday to assist with the investigations.
