4 men packing drugs arrested
Police arrested four men who were packing drugs in a store in the backyard of a home in Kampung Bohor Masjid here on Saturday.
Langkawi district police chief Superintendent Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the men, aged between 24 and 28, were arrested at 7.45pm.
He said they were sitting on the floor when police raided a store that served as their spot for packing drugs.
“Investigations on the suspects’ bodies and in the floor of the store revealed substances suspected to be heroin and syabu weighing 40.6g.
“Also seized were a digital weighing machine, scissors and transparent plastic.”
Iqbal said the men tested positive for drugs, with three of them having drugrelated records.
“All the suspects are unemployed. The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.”
He said in a raid at 11.40pm on the same day at a shop in Kampung Ayer Hangat, here, police arrested a 26-year-old man and seized 7.7g of syabu and heroin.
“The suspect from Kuala Nerang, Kedah, has been remanded in custody and is under investigation under Section 39A (1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. If convicted, they can be sentenced to between two and five years’ imprisonment and receive three to nine strokes of the rotan.”