PASIR PUTEH: Police have arrested a woman suspected of being a drug pusher and seized heroin and methamphetamine pills worth RM182,000 in Kampung Lembah near Cherang Ruku.
District police chief, Superintendent Zaizul Rizal Zakaria, said that the 37-year-old woman was detained yesterday at around 2.10pm after police received a tip-off from the public about drug activities in the area.
"The team arrived at a hut near a cattle farm and found 80 bottles containing a whitish powder weighing about 400g," he said in a statement.
"Further inspection led to the discovery of methamphetamine pills. All seized drugs are worth approximately RM182,000. They then apprehended the woman."
Zaizul added that the woman's urine test came back negative, and she has been remanded for seven days to assist with the investigation.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.