00:03Police have dismantled a drug processing and distribution syndicate
00:07following the seizure of narcotics worth approximately 9.7 million ringgit
00:11and the arrest of two suspects in Penang.
00:14State Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Dennis Lim Kuang Keng
00:18said a 35-year-old man was arrested at the parking area
00:21of a condominium in Butterworth at about 2 p.m. on June 19.
00:26Following the arrest, police raided an apartment unit in the same condominium
00:31where a 40-year-old woman was detained.
00:35A search of the premises uncovered a large quantity of drugs and equipment
00:39believed to have been used for processing and packaging narcotics.
00:43Among the drugs seized were MDMA powder, ketamine, ecstasy pills,
00:49aramin-5 pills and liquid methamphetamine.
00:53Preliminary investigations revealed that the syndicate had been operating
00:57since January this year, using the rented apartment
01:00as a processing, storage and packaging centre
01:03before distributing the drugs to the local market.
01:06Both suspects have been remanded for seven days until June 26
01:11to assist in investigations under Section 39, Subsection B
01:16of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952.
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