A 21-YEAR-OLD man was picked up in a raid at an apartment in Jalan Wong King Huo in Sibu at 2.15am yesterday for suspected drug trafficking.

The Sibu narcotics division seized 71 plastic packets of powder believed to be a mixture of ecstasy weighing 2.294g and 1,511 pills suspected to be ecstasy (566.73g).

Sibu police chief Zulkipli Suhaili said the team also confiscated 43 packets containing crystal powder believed to be ketamine (273g) and 26 packets of yellowish white powder suspected to be ecstasy (25,447g).

“The current value of the overall seizure is estimated at RM402,052. Police also seized a Ford Ranger worth RM146,000 believed to be the suspect’s vehicle,” he said in a media conference today.

He said the suspect tested positive for methamphetamine/benzodiazepines and a police check found the local man has three past drug cases.

The suspect believed to have been operating in the last six months was remanded under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama, June 13, 2023.