IPOH: Police have arrested four individuals, including a Vietnamese woman, and seized drugs worth over RM4.6mil in a series of coordinated raids across the Manjung district in a crackdown on a local drug syndicate.
The two-day operation uncovered large quantities of cannabis, methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), ketamine and Eramin 5 pills, which police believe were carried by a syndicate that has been operating since March.
Perak police chief Datuk Comm Noor Hisam Nordin said the first raid was carried out on May 5, where a 29-year-old deliveryman was arrested in a hotel room in Sitiawan.
He said the suspect later led police to a car parked outside the hotel, where 16 compressed blocks of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, weighing 16,607g and valued at RM51,500, was seized.
“We believe it was meant for local distribution throughout the state. The seized cannabis could have potentially been used by some 12,000 drug users,” he said yesterday.
Comm Noor Hisam said in the second operation on the same day, police arrested a 28-year-old local man and a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman at a house in Simpang Tiga, Sitiawan.
Inside the house, police found 15,342g of powdery substance believed to be MDMA, another 237g of the powder hidden in a motorcycle, and equipment believed to be used for packaging.
He said on the same night, based on information provided by the couple, police raided an apartment in Taman Sejati, Sitiawan, where they arrested a 50-year-old man and seized 114g of suspected ketamine and 50 Eramin 5 pills weighing 13g.
“The next morning, based on information provided by the three suspects, police raided a house in Desa Manjung Raya, Lumut, where police seized 11,437g of suspected MDMA, 299g of ketamine and drug processing equipment.
