Dev Kumar (second left) showing reporters the drugs seized from the suspects. Also seen in photo is the district deputy police chief Supt Sabri Zainol (left) and other police officers.
MIRI: Police have arrested three men as well as seized drugs and assets worth over RM400,000, making it one of the biggest seizures in the state this year.
Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Dato Dev Kumar said police from the Sarawak Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) led by ASP Jong Lak Kho carried out the raid on the first floor of a shophouse in Luak Bay at around 7.40pm on Sept 29.
“The team nabbed two of the suspects on the five-foot way behind the shophouse.
“The two then led the team to the first floor of the shophouse where the police caught another male suspect in the midst of weighing four ecstacy pills on the table in the living room,” said Dev Kumar during a press conference here today.
He said the three suspects, aged between 32 and 47, were unemployed. They also tested positive for abusing the drug methamphetamine.
Among items seized during the operation on Sept 29.
He said during the raid, police also found 4,044 pink coloured pills suspected to be ecstacy pills weighing 1,260 grammes worth RM131,320 on the table.
“Further checks conducted on a refrigerator in the premises led to the discovery of a plastic package containing white powder suspected to be ketamine, weighing 2,240 grammes. The ketamine is worth RM134,400,” said Dev Kumar.
Police also found several liquid mixtures, believed to be a blend of fruit juices and ketamine inside a refrigerator.
The mixtures of fruit juice and ketamine were estimated to be worth RM18,300, he added.
Dev Kumar said various items for processing, weighing and packaging the drugs were seized, which included two blenders, two plastic packages, three glass cylinders, two weighing scales, icing sugars and a roll of plastic cling wrap.
Police also seized two cars; a Chevrolet worth about RM60,000 and a Toyota Camry worth about RM15,000, cash amounting to RM10,495, a gold necklace worth RM4,892 and a branded watch valued at about RM3,000.
Following the first raid at the premises in Luak Bay, Dev Kumar said the raiding team were then led to a house in Taman Luak Ville at Luak Bay on Sept 30 at around 4pm, where more items used for packaging the drugs were seized.
According to him, the ketamine seized from the house was estimated to be worth RM24,960 while the mixture of fruit juice and ketamine were estimated to be worth RM6,950.
Dev Kumar said the total drugs and items seized including cash and cars during the raids at the two locations brought the total value of items seized to RM409,917.
Police are investigating the case under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction and Section 15(1)(a) of the same act for drug abuse.