Padang Besar: An unemployed man was arrested with 16.6 kg of cannabis contained in four boxes estimated to be worth RM51,646 while allegedly delivering the boxes to a courier company in Padang Besar on Jan 22.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Perlis deputy police chief SAC Baderulhisham Baharudin stated that police apprehended the 21-year-old man at 3.30 pm. The boxes contained compressed lumps and liquid suspected to be cannabis, and the man is believed to have been acting as the deliveryman for the drug-laden packages.

Police investigations revealed that the man allegedly received the cannabis from a Thai national at Bulatan Padang Besar. He was purportedly paid RM800 for each delivery made. The courier company was reportedly used as a transit point, taking advantage of its lack of scanning facilities to check the contents of the boxes. The seized cannabis was intended for distribution on the peninsula, with the quantity capable of serving 33,320 addicts.

The arrested man tested positive for ketamine and has been remanded until Thursday for further investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.