Police uncover storage facility, seize drugs worth RM296 million

Sentul police uncovered a narcotics storage facility at Jalan Amansiara, Rawang and seized drugs worth RM296 million yesterday.

Police chief ACP R Munusamy said, police seized 726 gunny sacks weighing over 19,050 kilogrammes and 34 packets weighing 170 kilogrammes of white powder believed to be ketamine.

He said, acting on intelligence information police also arrested a 36-year-old Indian national in Jinjang at 5pm.

"During the arrest, the suspect was in possession of two plastic bags containing white powdery substance weighing 10kg believed to be ketamin," he told a press conference today.

The drugs are believed to have been brought into the country from India.

R Munusamy said, the drugs were brought to the storage facility before being repackaged for distribution locally.

Police are currently investigating how and where the drugs entered the country.

The arrest of the Indian national led to raid on a house in Rawang last night and the arrest of a second suspect, a 42-year-old local businessman to facilitate investigations.

Police are now on the hunt for several other individuals who are believed to be involved in the case.