PETALING JAYA: Twenty blocks of ganja worth greater than RM60,000 had been seized following raids in Damansara and Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Two males had been arrested for allegedly trafficking medication in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Damansara and Subang Jaya for about two years.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid mentioned the primary suspect – a 34-year-old man – was arrested in his automobile at a grocery store’s parking zone in Damansara at about 6.30pm on Feb 20.
“We seized 17 blocks of ganja worth RM53,463 in a field and saved them in the automobile.
“The suspect labored as a cook dinner at a restaurant, and we consider he has been trafficking medication for about two years in Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya,” he informed a press convention on the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters on Thursday (Feb 24).
The suspect’s automobile was additionally seized, he added.
ACP Mohamad Fakhrudin mentioned the primary arrest led police to a 44-year-old contractor at a home in Taman Tun Dr Ismail at about 7pm on the identical day (Feb 20).
“We discovered three blocks of ganja weighing 2.9kg.
“The suspect additionally examined constructive for THC and we additionally seized the suspect’s automobile,” he mentioned.
Initial investigations revealed that the suspect has been lively in trafficking medication for about two years, he added.
ACP Mohamad Fakhrudin mentioned each raids resulted in 19.1kg of medication seized worth RM63,099.
“We consider the primary suspect had purchased the ganja at RM3,000 per block and equipped it to the second suspect at RM3,300 per block.
“The second suspect world then lower the ganja additional and distributed it at RM32 for a small pack,” he mentioned.
The medication seized might have been equipped to 19,120 addicts, ACP Mohamad Fakhrudin mentioned.
“We will step up our operations towards the drug menace, however we’d like the cooperation of the general public.
“We urge these with data on any drug associated exercise to contact the closest police station,” he mentioned.
