ALOR SETAR: Police detained a person and seized 350kg of ketum leaves after his automotive skidded and crashed into a tree in Kampung Kubang Tiga, Chuping, Perlis, early Thursday (Feb 3) morning.
Kubang Pasu OCPD Supt Rodzi Abu Hassan stated, earlier, a police workforce from the Kubang Pasu police headquarters detected a automotive being pushed in a suspicious method on the KM25 of Jalan Alor Setar-Bukit Kayu Hitam at 1.15am.
“The workforce from the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division ordered the the motive force of the automotive to cease however the driver stepped on the accelerator and sped off.
“The police then gave chase earlier than the motive force misplaced management of the automotive which skidded and crashed into a tree in Kampung Kubang Tiga, Chuping, Perlis,” he stated in a press release right here.
He stated the policemen detained the person and an inspection on the automobile discovered 35 black plastic packets containing ketum leaves weighing about 350kg.
He stated the suspect who examined optimistic for methamphetamine, was taken to the Padang Besar police headquarters.
The case was being investigated beneath Section 30 (3) of the Poisons Act 1952, he stated.- Bernama