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Trip or treat: cops thwart tactic of disguising ecstasy as cocoa powder

Johor police nab five suspects in syndicate which also repacked substances into flavoured drink packets to avoid detection

Bernama
Updated
8:23 PM MYT

 

JOHOR BAHRU – Police arrested five men in two raids on Monday and uncovered a tactic of making ecstasy powder look like cocoa powder to avoid detection by the authorities.

Johor police chief M. Kumar said the five, aged between 17 and 31, were arrested in raids on two rented premises around Iskandar Puteri between 4am and 4.30am. 

“The syndicate used these rented houses to store and repack the drugs before distributing them to the local market, including entertainment outlets. 

“This syndicate has been active since last July. They also packed the ecstasy powder into flavoured drink packets. Various types of drugs worth over RM1.81 million were also seized,” he told a media conference at the Johor police headquarters here today. 

He said that in the raids, police seized 23.68kg of ecstasy powder, 997.4g of ketamine, 193.5g of ganja, 1,490 eramin 5 pills and 41 ecstasy pills, as well as various packaging equipment and two cars.  

“The drugs can cater 85,658 users. Four of the suspects also tested positive for ketamine while three were found to have drug and crime-related records,” he said, adding that all five were remanded for seven days until tomorrow to assist in investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. 

In a separate case, Kumar said Johor police arrested 780 individuals, including three civil servants, in a special operation statewide from Monday to yesterday in a bid to curb drug abuse. 

“Those arrested were aged between 18 and 70. Police also seized various types of drugs weighing about 27kg and estimated at over RM3 million,” he said, adding that the case is being investigated under sections 39C, 12(2) and 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – February 4, 2024

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