IPOH, June 28 — A married couple who have been distributing drugs disguised in instant drink packages was arrested after police raided their drug storage at a house in Jalan Medan Ipoh here on Monday.
Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said that the husband, 39 and his Chinese national wife, 37, have been actively distributing drugs in Perak since 2021.
“Various modus operandi have been used by this couple to avoid being caught by the authorities and the recent one was by packaging the drugs in instant drinks packages,” he told a press conference at the Perak Police Headquarters here this morning.
Mohd Yusri said that police also raided another house in the same area following the initial investigation on the couple.
“Police raided the first house on June 26 at around 7.45pm. We seized 8.5 grams of ketamine drugs, eight ecstasy pills weighing about 3.3 grammes, five erimin pills weighing about 1.35 grammes and ecstasy in the form of powder weighing 22.4 grammes.
“Following the investigation, we raided another house in the same area at around 10.25pm, which was used to store and package drugs, by the couple.
“Police confiscated ketamine drugs weighing about 757 grammes, 2,765 ecstasy pills, 15,250 Erimin 5 pills, 1,020.6 grammes of ecstasy powder and 141 packets of drinking powder suspected to be ecstasy,” he said, adding both the houses were rented by the suspects.
He said the total amount of drugs confiscated is worth RM536,646.20 enough to distribute to 40,000 drug addicts.
“Police have also seized one vehicle worth around RM40,000 and cash amounting to RM1,200,” he said.
He said the unemployed couple were remanded for seven days from June 27 to July 3.
“Both the suspects have no criminal records, but the husband tested positive for ketamine,” he said.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952.
