KOTA BHARU, Police arrested a man suspected of storing and smuggling over 600 kilogrammes (kg) of Yaba pills and heroin worth an estimated RM49.17 million.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Datuk Seri Khaw Kok Chin said the seizure of 652.4kg of Yaba pills and 2.6kg of heroin is the biggest by the NCID in Malaysia this year.

He said the 32-year-old jobless man was arrested in a house in Salor, Pasir Mas last Monday, adding that the suspect, who acts as the runner, is believed to have been active in the syndicate since June.

“Investigations found that the suspect is paid RM100 for every pack (of drugs) delivered to the drug syndicate’s members,’ he told a special media conference at the Kelantan Police Headquarters here today.

Khaw said the syndicate’s modus operandi was to use rented premises to store the drugs before distributing them to the local market on the East Coast.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency