Kelantan police chief Shafien Mamat said the seizure was made following the arrest of a lorry driver by a team from the Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department and the Pasir Mas narcotics team at about 1.20 pm.

“No contraband was found on the 27-year-old man, who then led the police to his house, which was nearby. His Thai wife, aged 23, was at home.

“In his house, the man pointed out to the police a package containing heroin base weighing 13.3 kg, worth RM1.23 million.

“The police also found 86,000 psychotropic pills worth RM860,000, and seized a car and a motorcycle,” he told a media conference at the Pasir Mas district police headquarters here today.

He said both suspects were remanded for seven days on Aug 8 for drug trafficking and will face the death sentence if found guilty.