POLICE arrested a married couple in separate raids in Ipoh on suspicion of drug trafficking and seized drugs worth RM2 million on Thursday. 

Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the 34-year-old local man was detained at a food court in Jalan Raja Musa Mahadi while his wife, a Vietnamese, aged 38, was nabbed along the road at Panorama Lapangan Perdana at about 4.40pm. 

He said police conducted a check on a car belonging to the man and found 10 plastic packages containing methamphetamine.

“Further checks on another car at a parking lot of an apartment found 10 plastic packages containing the same drug,” he told a press conference today.

“Police also seized a branded watch, an anklet, a ring and a bracelet, all estimated to be worth RM83,000.”

He said the man, who works at a mirror and aluminium shop, tested positive for methamphetamine while the drug test conducted on his wife came back negative.

The couple, both with no previous record, is believed to have been active in drug trafficking since three months ago.

They are in remand for a week until Thursday under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama, July 25, 2022.