GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized various narcotics valued at RM234,900 in two raids in the Central and South Seberang Prai districts.
The raids were carried out between 7pm Tuesday (Nov 18) and 3pm Thursday (Nov 20).
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Azizee Ismail said a team from the Central Seberang Prai district police headquarters arrested the 30-year-old male suspect in a vehicle in Seberang Jaya.
"Upon inspecting the car, they found 18 transparent plastic packets filled with drugs suspected to be heroin weighing 6,205g, five transparent plastic packets containing drugs believed to be methamphetamine weighing 1,414g; 97 aluminium foil pouches containing 1,470 pills suspected to be Erimin 5; and one transparent plastic packet filled with pills believed to be ecstasy, weighing 57g.
"After interrogating the suspect, police raided a residence in Batu Kawan that was used as a drug storage.
"They seized 10 transparent plastic packets filled with compressed dried leaves believed to be cannabis weighing 10.365g and 20 transparent plastic packets containing heroin weighing 8.969g,” he said in a statement late Thursday.
Comm Azizee said they also confiscated a motorcycle and a chain worth RM15,900, taking the total value of the seizures RM250,800.
Police believe the suspect belongs to a drug trafficking syndicate that has been active since the middle of this year.
"The suspect tested negative for drugs but has previous crime- and drug-related offences on his record,” he said, adding that the man has been remanded for seven days until Nov 25 to assist in investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama
