Unemployed Man Arrested, RM1.72 Million in Drugs Seized

KUALA LUMPUR – The activities of an unemployed man who had been distributing various types of drugs for the past six months were uncovered after he was detained during a raid at a condominium in Segambut last Thursday.

Sentul District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Basri Sagoni, said the suspect, a 51-year-old local man, was arrested at approximately 10.50 am by a team of officers from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division of the Sentul District Police Headquarters (IPD).

“The first raid was conducted at a residential unit, where the suspect was detained in the living room before leading the raiding team to a room inside the house and handing over one transparent plastic packet.

“An inspection revealed that there were two transparent plastic packets containing drugs believed to be methamphetamine, weighing 33.85 grammes,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

Basri said the suspect then led police to another residential unit in the same condominium.

“Inspection at the second location found various types of drugs stored in several rooms, including liquid believed to be MDMA, MDMA powder, ketamine, ecstasy pills, Yaba pills, and Erimin 5 pills,” he said.

He said among the items seized were 121 bottles containing liquid believed to be MDMA, 165 packets of powder believed to be MDMA, ketamine weighing 988 grammes, 228 ecstasy pills, 65 Yaba pills, as well as 26 sheets of aluminium foil containing Erimin 5 pills.

“Further inspection also found several bottles, containers, and cartridges containing liquid believed to be MDMA, as well as five transparent plastic packets containing ketamine,” he said.

He said the total seizure involved MDMA powder weighing 11,674.4 grammes, Erimin 5 pills weighing 69.2 grammes, ecstasy pills weighing 186.63 grammes, ketamine weighing 1,158.9 grammes, and Yaba pills weighing 7.27 grammes.

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