DUNGUN: Police have detained a couple for alleged involvement in drug smuggling after raiding the couple’s house in Felda Kerteh 5, Ketengah Jaya, here, last night.
District police chief Superintendent Ahmad Zailani Yaacub said a 27-year-old man was initially arrested at his friend’s house but police failed to find any drugs on him in the 10pm incident. Ahmad Zailani said initial interrogations on the suspect led police to his house located nearby.
Police later arrested his 25-year-old wife. Ahmad Zailani said during the operation, police seized 1,194 stimulant pills worth RM13,200 hidden in a plastic bag inside a basket near the washing machine which was placed in the kitchen.
“We also seized a car and a motorcycle from the couples home and they are being remanded at the Dungun police station to assist investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952,”he said. If convicted, both suspects face a mandatory death sentence.
