GEORGE TOWN: Police busted a drug trafficking duo suspected to be involved with methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) worth RM2.2mil.
The men, aged 40 and 62, processed and packaged the drugs in gold and blue packets with stickers stating "Thank you for supporting my small business", fashioning it to look like sweet powdered drinks.
Acting Penang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the duo were arrested by the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department during an anti-drug operation in George Town.
"During the drug bust at a rental condominium in Gelugor, which was used to process the MDMA, we arrested the 62-year-old man.
"We then arrested his accomplice (the 40-year-old man) in the same area," he said during a press conference held at the Penang police headquarters in George Town, Penang, on Friday (July 18).
Police seized 150 packets and nine plastic bottles filled with MDMA powder weighing around 13.45kg. They also found two ecstasy pills, an Erimin 5 pill, as well as MDMA processing equipment.
DCP Alwi said besides the arrests, the police seized two vehicles and money worth RM71,220.
He said based on their investigations, the two have been trafficking drugs since March this year.
"The drugs that we confiscated could be consumed 100,000 times or by 100,000 individuals.
"We believe these packets were meant for local distribution at entertainment centres," he said.
DCP Alwi said both men tested positive for drugs in their system and had prior drug-related arrests.
The duo have been remanded for seven days until July 23 for further investigation.
