00:02Police have arrested four suspects and seized drugs worth about 4.4 million ringgit in three separate operations across Penang.
00:11State Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Dennis Lin Kuang Keng said the first case involved a 47-year-old local man
00:18arrested near Jalan Masjid Negeri at about 3.30pm on September 21.
00:24The suspect was seen carrying a package to a vehicle parked at a premise suspected to be used for storing
00:31drugs and drug processing equipment.
00:33Police seized 8.83 kilograms of heroin and 5.35 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, worth an estimated RM443,518.
00:45In the second case, a local man and his foreign female partner, aged between 27 and 42, were arrested in
00:54Sungai Nibong at about 8.50pm on September 22 over alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
01:01Two raids around Jalan Tun Dr Awang and Sungai Nibong Kecil led to the seizure of 3.26 kilograms of
01:09MDMA powder and 5 litres of liquid MDMA, worth an estimated RM2.2 million ringgit.
01:16In the third case, a 45-year-old local man was detained near Jalan Seladang in Bukit Mertajam at about
01:2311.30pm on September 27.
01:26Police seized 11.8 kilograms of MDMA powder, 182 ecstasy and arimine 5 pills, and 70 grams of ketamine, worth
01:37an estimated RM1.8 million ringgit.
01:40Commissioner Dennis said urine screening found all four suspects negative for drugs, while checks revealed one suspect had a prior
01:48criminal and narcotics record.
01:50Initial investigations indicate all four suspects had been active in drug trafficking around Penang since July.
01:57Police also seized six vehicles under the Dangerous Drugs Forfeiture of Property Act.
02:03All four were remanded under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which covers drug trafficking.
02:20Police also authorized insights and
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