A married couple, Wan Muhamad Aziem Ashraf Wan Mustafa, 31, and Wan Matraf Azlinda Wan Mat, 49, were charged in the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Krai on 24 July 2025 with trafficking 67.75 kg of cannabis by the roadside at Padang Sembilan at about 4am on 11 July.[1][2] The charge under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment with at least 15 strokes of the cane.[1] No plea was recorded as the charge falls under High Court jurisdiction, and the court fixed 23 September for mention and submission of the chemistry report.[1]
The couple face a second charge of possessing 15.1 g of methamphetamine at the same place and time, and were unrepresented in court.[1] They had been detained on 11 July while travelling in a Proton X70 along Jalan Padang Sembilan after police found their driving suspicious.[2] Officers then found 110 plastic packages of suspected ganja buds weighing 60.8 kg and 6.95 kg of compressed ganja in the car, plus 150 yaba pills.[2]
A follow-up raid the same day at the couple’s home in Selising, Pasir Puteh, seized another 22 kg of compressed ganja, and police also took cash, necklaces and other jewellery.[2] Kelantan police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the total drug haul was worth RM3.1 million and described the pair, a chicken trader and her e-hailing driver husband, as suspected of trafficking compressed ganja and buds hidden in cashew nut packages.[2] The male suspect tested positive for drugs while the female tested negative, both have prior narcotics records, and police did not rule out links to an international network.[2]
