IPOH: Police successfully busted a drug trafficking syndicate and seized ketamine and suspected Erimin 5 pills worth more than RM120,000 following a raid on a house in Pengkalan Tiara here, last Monday.
Perak Police Chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said that in the operation at 8.45pm that night, two men and a local woman aged 17 to 43 were arrested.
He said the raid was carried out by the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) of the Perak Police Contingent (IPK) Headquarters based on intelligence information regarding drug trafficking activities in the area.
“The police seized one transparent plastic package and nine transparent plastic packets, each containing suspected ketamine with an estimated weight of 1,001 grams.
“Also seized were 350 pieces of aluminium foil, each piece containing 10 pills suspected to be Erimin 5 with an estimated weight of 1,100 grams. The total value of the drugs seized is estimated to be RM120,050,” he said in a statement last night.
Mohd Alwi said urine tests found that one of the suspects tested positive for ketamine, while the other two tested negative for the drug.
He said the syndicate was believed to have been active for almost two years and the seized drugs were suspected of being distributed in the state.
He said the first suspect was remanded for four days starting yesterday and the third suspect was remanded for six days until June 28, while the remand application for another suspect was rejected by the Ipoh Court Magistrate.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Meanwhile, Mohd Alwi said, a total of 8,721 individuals were arrested for drug offences throughout Perak from January to last month.
“This success is the result of continuous cooperation between the community and enforcement agencies, especially the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM),” he said.
— BERNAMA
