Georgetown: This week (Tuesday and Wednesday), Penang police discovered a drug processing laboratory during a series of raids in Penang and Kedah and arrested two married couples.

Drugs worth RM126,840 were also seized during the raid.

Penang Narcotics Criminal Investigation Bureau Chief ACP Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah (picture) said that the first raid at a house in nearby Bukit Mertrajan at noon last Tuesday resulted in a 50-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife Arrested.

He said that after their arrest, they seized 5 packets of marijuana in a car in front of a house in Air Itam, worth 12,550 ringgits, and seized 114 grams of heroin, worth 3,990 ringgits, in the woman's home, adding that, The man has six drug-related criminal records, while the wife has a previous drug-related criminal record.

Musatafa Kamal said police arrested another couple, a 54-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, at Permatang Nibong, Bukit Mertajam near Bukit Mertajam at 8am last Wednesday. The police found 13 packets of heroin weighing 5,245.9 grams. , Worth 70 ringgits. ,300 in the car they traveled in.

He said that the couple then led the police to a host family in Kulim, Kedah, who rented them to deal with drugs at a price of RM1,300 per month, including a pack of 75 grams of heroin base and heroin (60 grams). ), 12,000 grams of caffeine powder, a bottle of chloroform and other drug processing equipment were seized.

He added that the couple had previous criminal records, including drug-related crimes, and it was believed that they had provided their processed drugs to the first couple for distribution.

He said that during the raid, the police also seized a Honda Civic.

All four suspects were remanded for 7 days on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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