Three separate drug busts net RM3.44m in drugs, five arrests in Penang
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 — Penang police arrested five people, including a couple, and seized various types of drugs wor...
Penang police made three significant drug busts between September 21 and 27, arresting five individuals and seizing drugs worth RM3.44 million. Chief Datuk Dennis Lim Kwang Keng revealed that the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) recovered 8.83 kg of heroin, 15.06 kg of MDMA powder, 5 liters of liquid MDMA, 182 ecstasy pills, and 70 grams of ketamine in the operations.
The first bust happened at 3:30 pm on September 21, when police arrested a 47-year-old local man near Jalan Masjid Negeri, finding 8.83 kg of heroin, 5.35 kg of caffeine powder, and drug-making equipment. The second raid on September 22, around 8:50 pm, saw the arrest of two men and a foreign woman aged between 27 and 42, with police seizing 3.26 kg of MDMA powder and 5 liters of liquid MDMA, estimated to be worth RM1.2 million.
The final operation on September 27, at 11:30 pm, resulted in the arrest of a 45-year-old local man in Bukit Mertajam, where police found 11.8 kg of MDMA powder, 182 ecstasy pills, heroin, and 70 grams of ketamine. The suspects, believed to have been trafficking drugs in Penang since July, were not part of a single syndicate. All five were released on seven-day remand, with the investigation under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
The police also seized six vehicles worth RM58,000 under the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988.
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