JOHOR BARU: Two Vietnamese women were among three suspects arrested by police, with over RM6mil worth of drugs seized during raids at a housing estate in Taman Mutiara Rini here.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the state narcotics department together with Bukit Aman launched a special operation at two locations on June 14 from 7.30pm till 5am the following day.

He said the first raid was at a terrace house which led to the arrest of a 45-year-old local man and a 34-year-old Vietnamese woman.

“The man had been renting the house since April 2023. We found an assortment of drugs in the house,” he added.

Comm Kumar said the man led police to another terrace house nearby which was also rented by the syndicate.

The second Vietnamese woman aged 23 was arrested there.

“All three tested positive for drugs,” he told a press confe­rence at the state police contingent headquarters here yesterday.

Comm Kumar said police seized 40.6kg of ecstasy powder, 1.3kg of ketamine and 368g of ganja at both locations which were valued at RM6.8mil.

Besides the drugs, police also seized two cars, RM49,150, S$2,580 (RM8,835) and jewellery worth more than RM17,600.

“This brings the total value of all seized items to more than RM7.1mil. The syndicate has been using the two houses for processing and packaging as well as storing the drugs.

“We believe that the syndicate used social media to sell the drugs,” he said, adding that the suspects have been remanded until Thursday.

He said the case was being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Section 6(3) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.