KOTA KINABALU: Three men were arrested after confessing to possessing over 5.7kg of ecstasy in two raids in the city and in Penampang yesterday.
The drugs, in powdered form, were found hidden in small plastic packages resembling lemon-flavoured jelly snacks.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said that initially, two men were detained during a raid on a car in front of an apartment complex in the city centre.
He said, during the 7.45pm raid, police found plastic packages bearing the cartoon image of "Crazy Frog".
"During the interrogation, both suspects admitted to possessing the ecstasy and some ketamine.
"Based on the information from the interrogation, police later arrested another man at 11.40pm in a parking area of a residential complex in Penampang," he said in a statement.
Kasim said the third man then revealed five plastic packages containing drugs believed to be ecstasy.
He said the man admitted to having more ecstasy powder at his home, and a raid on the suspect's house uncovered 91 plastic packages filled with ecstasy powder.
"All the suspects are being held for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Sections 39A(1) and 15(1)(A) of the same act," he said.