JOHOR police arrested two suspects and seized various types of drugs worth RM3.22 million, after carrying out raids at three separate locations in the city on Tuesday.

Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the two suspects, aged 34 and 38, believed to be working as storekeepers, were detained by a Johor Narcotics CID team between 3.15pm and 5pm on Tuesday.

“During the raid, police seized 120,000 erimin 5 pills, 5.36kg of ecstasy powder, 900g of ketamin, 865g of ecstasy pills and 270g of magic mushrooms,” he said today.

Kamarul said the gang, active since January, used houses in gated and guarded locations to store the drugs before distributing them to the local market.

Police also seized RM211,000 worth of cash, jewellery and cars.

He added that one of the suspects tested positive for drugs (benzo), while the other, though not positive for drugs, had previous convictions for drug related offences.

The suspects will be remanded until March 28 to facilitate investigations into drug trafficking, under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Kamarul said since January 1, Johor police had detained almost 4,000 people for various drug related offences, and confiscated 849kg of drugs worth RM9.59 million, and property worth RM3.89 million. – Bernama, March 23, 2023.