SHAH ALAM, Nov 16 – The police have detained an Iranian couple and seized four kilogrammes of syabu worth RM1 million, in a raid at a hotel in Petaling Jaya near here yesterday.
The suspects, aged 43 and 34, were picked up at a room in the hotel during the raid at 8am.
The police, upon inspecting two pieces of luggage at the room, found four kilogrammes of the drug, RM5,000, US$2,000 and Iranian currencies.
Selangor Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy chief Supt Abd Razak Md Zin said today, the man worked as a product manager at a private company in Malaysia and had been in the country for the past three years.
He said the woman had arrived two hours before the police raided the hotel room. Abd Razak believed that the woman, who had travelled from Dubai, had smuggled the drugs through the luggage scan inspection at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang.
“We are trying to ascertain how the drug could have passed the security inspection at the KLIA, and are also investigating the relationship between the suspects who do not have any previous criminal record.
“We are not ruling out the probability that the drug was meant for the Klang Valley addict population.
“Based on tourist arrivals, the woman had entered Malaysia six times this year,” he told a press conference at the Selangor police contigent headquarters here today.
Abd Razak said the case was being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.
The suspects have been remanded for a week, beginning today. – Bernama
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