RM120,000 worth of drugs seized, four suspects nabbed
MIRI: Police here seized drugs whose value were estimated at RM120,000 and arrested four suspects comprising three locals (two men and a woman) and a woman from China in an early morning raid here on Friday.
Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah in a press statement yesterday said the arrests were made by a team from the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division at 2.25am at a condominium in Tanjung Lobang.
Among the items seized in the raid were nine transparent plastic packs (each containing dry plants believed to be cannabis) estimated to weigh 831 grams; 86 red plastic packets suspected to contain Ecstasy (MDMA) powder estimated to weigh 1111.18 grams); 17 red blister packets containing 170 pills of prescription only hypnotic drug ‘nimetazepam’ estimated to weigh 47.32 grams; 90 purple plastic packets suspected to contain Ecstasy(MDMA) powder estimated to weigh 1,124.52 grams; eight black plastic packets suspected to contain Ecstasy (MDMA) powder estimated to weigh 63.00 grams; one transparent plastic packet containing white powder believed to be Ketamine estimated to weigh 63.71 grams; one transparent plastic packet containing orange powder believed to be Ecstasy (MDMA) powder estimated to weigh 60.97 grams and one red ‘Impulse’ sealer and a silver coloured digital weighing tool.
The total seizure amounted to 831 grams of suspected cannabis, 2,369.68 grams of suspected Ecstasy (MDMA) powder, 47.32 grams of hypnotic drug ‘nimetazepam’, and 63.71 grams of suspected Ketamine powder.
Lim said the seized items and suspects have been brought to the Miri Narcotics Investigation Division for further investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.