TAIPING – Police arrested a man suspected to be a drug dealer and confiscated drugs worth RM76,000 in a raid at a house near Matang yesterday.
Taiping district police chief Razlam Ab Hamid said the 51-year-old was arrested with heroin weighing 2.55kg in a raid conducted by the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department of the Taiping district police headquarters.
“Three plastic bags containing 59 transparent packets of white powder suspected to be heroin were found in the raid. We believe that this drug trafficking activity for the local market has been active since February,” he told a press conference here today.
He also said the investigation found that the suspect obtained supplies from outside Perak.
Razlam said the suspect, who has previous criminal and drug records, has been remanded for five days until Monday (October 17) for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death sentence on conviction. – Bernama, October 14, 2022
