IPOH - Three Vietnamese women were among four people arrested by police in connection with the seizure of drugs worth RM5.5 million in two separate raids in Pantai Remis near Manjung last Saturday.
Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hasan Basri said the suspects, aged between 32 and 39, were arrested at a rented house at 7 am by a team from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department.
"A search of the house, believed to have been used for processing and packaging drugs, found 245 ecstasy pills weighing 100 grammes (g) and about 1.27 g of ecstasy powder, all worth RM95,043.
"Police also seized chemicals and equipment used to process and package drugs," he told a press conference at the Perak police headquarters here today.
The arrest of the suspects led to another raid on a house used as a drug processing and packaging place in Panchor, Pantai Remis, at 3.30 pm the same day.
From the second house, which belongs to the male local suspect, police seized 11,838 ecstasy pills weighing 5.59 kilogrammes (kg), ecstasy powder weighing 38.3 kg and ecstasy liquid weighing about 31.3 kg.
"The police team also found two kilogrammes of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, crystals suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 844 g and about 162 g of heroin, with all the seized drugs worth about RM5.4 million," he said.
Police also confiscated three vehicles, namely a Ford Mustang, Toyota Alphard and Mitsubishi Triton, as well as a chain and a ring, with a total estimated value of RM763,693.
Mohd Yusri said all the suspects tested positive for amphetamine-type drugs and the male suspect had a record of nine criminal cases.
"The syndicate is believed to have been active since the beginning of last year," he said, adding that all the suspects had been remanded for a week from April 2 for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. -Bernama
Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hasan Basri said the suspects, aged between 32 and 39, were arrested at a rented house at 7 am by a team from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department.
"A search of the house, believed to have been used for processing and packaging drugs, found 245 ecstasy pills weighing 100 grammes (g) and about 1.27 g of ecstasy powder, all worth RM95,043.
"Police also seized chemicals and equipment used to process and package drugs," he told a press conference at the Perak police headquarters here today.
The arrest of the suspects led to another raid on a house used as a drug processing and packaging place in Panchor, Pantai Remis, at 3.30 pm the same day.
From the second house, which belongs to the male local suspect, police seized 11,838 ecstasy pills weighing 5.59 kilogrammes (kg), ecstasy powder weighing 38.3 kg and ecstasy liquid weighing about 31.3 kg.
"The police team also found two kilogrammes of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, crystals suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 844 g and about 162 g of heroin, with all the seized drugs worth about RM5.4 million," he said.
Police also confiscated three vehicles, namely a Ford Mustang, Toyota Alphard and Mitsubishi Triton, as well as a chain and a ring, with a total estimated value of RM763,693.
Mohd Yusri said all the suspects tested positive for amphetamine-type drugs and the male suspect had a record of nine criminal cases.
"The syndicate is believed to have been active since the beginning of last year," he said, adding that all the suspects had been remanded for a week from April 2 for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. -Bernama