Kedah police detain two men, seize drugs and two pistols
ALOR SETAR: Police detained two men and seized various types of drugs and two pistols at a roadblock during the operation codenamed ‘Op Cegah Kemalangan’ at the north-bound Alor Setar toll plaza yesterday.
Kedah police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said the suspects, aged 43 and 47, also offered a RM50,000 bribe to five traffic policemen from the Kota Setar District police headquarters in their attempts to avoid action being taken against them.
Asri said the duo who were in a Honda Civic car were nabbed after they were spotted behaving suspiciously.
“Checks found both men had criminal records related to drugs and were also tested positive for heroin,” he told a press conference at the Kedah police contingent headquarters here yesterday.
He said further inspection found two semi-automatic pistols and two magazines containing 10 .22 calibre bullets and seven .45 calibre bullets respectively. Asri said police also seized one empty magazine, a box containing 46 .45 calibre bullets and 10 .22 calibre bullets wrapped in plastic.
“We also seized 2,700g of heroin, 25g of Syabu, 1,500 methamphetamine pills, 46g of opium worth RM65,000, the Honda Civic car, numerous mobile phones and a packet of straws,” he said adding that the suspects had been remanded for seven days beginning Sunday.
Asri said initial investigations also found that the drugs were brought from the southern states of the country for distribution in the northern states of the peninsula and the Kuala Muda district. — Bernama