POLICE arrested two local men with 451.2kg of methamphetamine estimated to be worth RM14.9 million, following a raid on a four-wheel drive vehicle in Rawang on Tuesday.

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the duo aged 22 and 33, believed to have been acting as transporters, were held in a raid by a team from the Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department at 12.55pm.

“The raid on the Nissan Navara found 10 white sacks with 503 plastic packets suspected to contain drugs, believed for distribution around the Klang Valley,” he told a press conference at the Selangor contingent police headquarters in Shah Alam today.

Hussein said preliminary investigations found both suspects were paid around RM10,000 to deliver the drugs, believed to be from a neighbouring country, from Kelantan to Selangor.

“Both suspects have been remanded until March 7, and the case is being investigated under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” he said.

On a police report lodged over Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari’s alleged involvement with a company that allegedly received a project worth RM700 million through direct negotiation from the state government, Hussein said the matter had been handed over to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Meanwhile, in IPOH, Perak police seized narcotics worth more than RM35,000 after raiding 11 drug dens in Op Tapis Khas, which lasted three days in the state.

State police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the operation launched on Monday saw 530 individuals arrested – 517 locals and 13 foreigners – aged between 17 and 67.

“Some 50 people were arrested for drug trafficking and 178 in possession of drugs. A total of 302 addicts have been investigated under section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” he said in a statement today.

Yusri said police also arrested 12 wanted individuals and took action against nine hardcore drug addicts under section 39C of the same Act.

During the raids, police confiscated a car, cash and jewellery worth RM12,518. – Bernama, March 2, 2023.