Police nab man with drugs worth RM14,000

The police have detained a man in connection with the seizure of 1.4kg of drugs worth RM14,500 at a fast food restaurant here last Thursday.

The 46-year-old suspect was picked up about 4.10pm in front of the outlet at the Tapah rest and recreation area off the south-bound North-South Expressway.

Tapah police chief, Supt Som Sak Din Keliaw said a police team seized a bundle containing what was believed to be ganja weighing 954.6 grammes and a plastic packet believed to contain heroin weighing 458.6 grammes.

"We believe the drugs were meant to be distributed to some areas in Kuala Lumpur," he told a press conference at the Tapah police headquarters here today.

He said the suspect who tested positive for methamphetamine was remanded until Aug 31 to facilitate investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carried the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.

-- BERNAMA