Kelantan police arrested a 27-year-old man in an operation in Tanah Merah district on Sunday 8 November 2026 and seized 90.38 kg of compressed ganja and 107.6 grams of cannabis flowers.[1][2] Police valued the cannabis at RM279,902 in total.[1][2] Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the arrest came at about 3.30pm at Batu 10, Batang Merbau, after a month of intelligence work.[1][3][4][5][6] The suspect drove a Honda FD and sped off after realising he was being followed before his car skidded off the roadside at Kampung Batu 10, Batang Merbau.[7][4][6][8]

The interrogation led officers to inspect a telecommunications shop they believe was used to collect parcels for courier delivery.[1][9][4][5][6] The telecommunications shop functioned as a collection centre where courier companies such as J&T and City-Link would collect parcels before delivering them to addresses given by customers.[10] Thirteen packages containing drugs were found there, ready to be sent to 13 different addresses.[1][8] Police raided the shop before the parcels could be posted and found 12 boxes holding 90 kilograms of compressed ganja and one box holding 100 grams of dried suspected cannabis flowers.[3][7][9][6] Yusoff said the deliveries were aimed at the market around the Klang Valley, in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.[1][3] The syndicate wrapped the drugs in plastic and boxes and used courier services to move them for markets inside and outside Kelantan, especially around the Klang Valley.[7][4][6][8]

He said the syndicate was believed to have been running since early August 2025 and to have been run by four people, three of whom are believed to have fled to a neighbouring country.[1][4][6] The drugs are believed to have been brought in from a neighbouring country through an illegal base on the Sungai Golok near Lalang Pepuyu, Tanah Merah, before being distributed by courier.[1][3][7][9][4][6][8] Police estimated the seized ganja could have supplied 90,502 drug users.[1][2] The suspect had five previous drug offences on record and tested positive for methamphetamine.[1][7][6][8] He was remanded for seven days, from 9 to 15 November, to help the investigation.[1][7][10][4][5][6][8] A search under the dashboard on the driver’s side of the suspect’s car found 14 yaba pills.[3][7][4][6][8] The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, the trafficking provision that carries a possible death sentence.[1][4][6]