Wedding trip ends as 2 men nabbed at roadblock with suspected ketum

Wedding trip ends as 2 men nabbed at roadblock with suspected ketum

KOTA BARU: Two men’s plan to attend a wedding in Kelantan ended when they were detained at a roadblock in Lalang Pepuyu near Tanah Merah yesterday.

The men were detained by the General Operations Force (GOF) 9th Battalion under Op Taring Wawasan Kelantan at about 10.30pm after a greenish liquid, suspected to be ketum juice, weighing about one litre and worth RM30, was found in the vehicle they were travelling in.

GOF Southeast Brigade commander Senior Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Radzi Hussain said officers on duty at the Lalang Pepuyu roadblock spotted a Perodua Aruz carrying two men behaving suspiciously.

He said the vehicle was ordered to stop, and a search led to the discovery of a black bag in the rear passenger footwell containing a green bottle filled with the suspected ketum liquid.

“They were detained and the seized items, along with the vehicle valued at RM50,265, were brought to the Komtak GOF at Taman Bakti for documentation purposes.

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“The case has been referred to the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department of the Tanah Merah district police headquarters for further action under Section 30(3) of the Poisons Act 1952,” he said in a statement.

He said the duo claimed they were heading to Kelantan to attend a wedding, and that the vehicle had been borrowed from the 29-year-old man’s elder brother.

“Meanwhile, the 29-year-old said the ketum belonged to the other man, who is also his brother-in-law, and claimed he was unaware that the younger man was involved in ketum consumption.

“During questioning, the 20-year-old admitted the ketum was his and said he began consuming it earlier this year, obtaining supplies from a man near his home in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.