RM2.1mil drugs seized from solo dealer

The Star

18-05-2025

Hidden danger: Comm Hamzah (third from left) showing some of the drugs seized at a press conference. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: For almost six months, a 41-year-old man had been discreetly trafficking drugs in the country via courier.
The suspect, said to be opera­ting alone, would disguise the drugs as valuable items.
Some of the drugs were even concealed in tea packaging to further evade scrutiny.
The man's luck finally ran out on Thursday when police arrested him at the parking lot of an apartment block in Butterworth.
Police also raided a rented apartment where drugs worth RM2.1mil were stashed.
The suspect's clientele was built purely through word of mouth, with buyers reaching out directly to place orders.
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said they seized 12.32kg of MDMA powder, 384g of ketamine, 500 Erimin pills and 150 Ecstasy pills.
'We also seized equipment believed to have been used for packaging the drugs. There were different labels of courier companies on the boxes.
'The drugs could have been used to feed the habit of 400,000 addicts,' he said in a press conference at the state police headquarters yesterday.
Police also seized a car worth RM130,000, three gold chains valued at RM28,582 and four gold rings worth RM11,250.
Comm Hamzah said the suspect tested positive for methamphetamine, amphetamine and ketamine.
The suspect has been remanded until May 22 for investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.