KUCHING: Police have arrested two men and seized drugs worth more than RM123,000 in two separate raids in Miri on Sunday.
Miri OCPD ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said in the first raid at an entertainment centre at about 12.10 midnight, a 27-year-old foreign man was arrested.
"In the raid, police seized drugs suspected to be Ecstasy powder weighing 1.3 kilogrammes, Ecstasy pills (37 grammes), ketamine (10.2 grammes) and a pod containing the drug (66.9 grammes) with a total value of RM25,620.
"The amount of drugs seized is estimated to be used by 1,509 addicts. "Initial screening tests found the suspect positive for methamphetamine," he said in a statement on Thursday (May 1).
He said in a second raid at a house on the same day at around 1.25pm, a 35-year-old local man was arrested and police seized 31.4 kilogrammes of marijuana worth RM97,340.
"Also seized was a Perodua Axia with an estimated value of RM20,000. The amount of drugs seized could be used by 155,002 addicts," he said.
According to Mohd Farhan, both cases are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for the death penalty or, if not sentenced to death, life imprisonment and not less than 12 strokes of the cane, if convicted. - Bernama
