POLICE nabbed an unemployed man and seized 234,000 yaba pills worth more than RM2.5 million in Pasir Mas on Saturday.

Kelantan police chief Muhamad Zaki Harun said a team from the state Narcotics Crime Investigation Department arrested the 26-year-old suspect at 11pm.

“During the raid, the suspect was standing outside a car at a parking lot of a supermarket near Bandar Baru Pasir Mas.

“A check in the car boot found four white sacks containing the yaba pills,” he told a press conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters in Kota Baru today.

Zaki said the suspect did not have any previous criminal record and the drugs were believed to have been brought in from a neighbouring country.

“The suspect has been remanded for seven days until September 30, and investigations are being carried out to determine if the suspect is involved with any group,” he said.

Zaki also said 620 individuals, including 26 foreigners, were arrested during Op Tapis, conducted from September 13-26.

“All the suspects, aged between 16 and 60, were involved in various drug offences,” he said.

Zaki said various types of drugs worth RM2.7 million and property worth RM121,114 were confiscated. – Bernama, September 27, 2023.