Kelantan cops nab three Thais, seize yaba pills, heroin worth RM1.51 million

KOTA BHARU - Kelantan police arrested three Thai nationals and confiscated yaba (methamphetamine) pills and heroin worth RM1.51 million during two raids in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas on Sunday and yesterday.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the drugs involved were 96,000 yaba pills and 230 bottles of heroin estimated to weigh 1.4 kilogrammes.

"The first raid saw the arrest of a 31-year-old Thai man on Oct 1, near the parking lot of a mosque in Rantau Panjang town at 7.45 pm.

"When arrested, the suspect was on a motorcycle carrying a transparent plastic bag with a wrapper containing 96,000 yaba pills,” he said at the Kelantan Police Contingent headquarters here today.

According to him, the suspect entered the country through a legal route, but further investigations will be carried out.

Muhamad Zaki said the suspect would be remanded for seven days from Oct 2 to 8 for further investigations in accordance with Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

He said the second raid involved the arrest of two Thai nationals including a woman, aged 28 and 41 years old, near an illegal base Che Kassim in Rantau Panjang at 2.45 pm yesterday.

"From the female suspect, police confiscated two plastic bags containing 230 plastic bottles containing heroin. Police believe that this is not the first time the suspects committed this act using the same modus operandi to get into this country,” he said.

He said both suspects would be remanded from today until Oct 9 for further investigations according to Section 39B of the same act. - BERNAMA