PENANG COPS SCORE IN RM600,000 DRUG BUST

NIBONG TEBAL, March 4:

Police believe they have crippled one of the major dadah pipelines in
the northern region with the arrest of two suspects and seizure of
drugs worth more RM600,000.

The bust was made in a raid at a double-storey house in Taman Jentayu,
Simpang Ampat here at 4.30pm Thursday.

The suspects tried to escape through the ceiling but failed when the
10-man team from the South Seberang Perai police moved in.

The team found 210kg of ganja in 210 slabs and more than 5kg of
heroin, some in compressed form, inside the house.

Police also seized two cars - a Volvo and a Perodua Kelisa - and a
Modenas Kriss motorcycle.

State police chief Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee said the operation,
led by Chief Inspector Abdul Latiff Mehatled, followed a tip-off and a
week of surveillance.

Wan said they have obtained an eight-day remand order against the
suspects, aged 30 and 38 - both from Bukit Mertajam.

He said police hope to arrest other members of the group soon.

A source told The Malay Mail that initial investigations revealed that
the drugs were smuggled from a neighbouring country for distribution
in Penang and the neighbouring states.

It was revealed that one of the suspects has two previous convictions
for dadah-related offences while the other was once banished for
dadah-related activities.