Selangor deputy police chief S Sasikala Devi said the 49-year-old suspect was nabbed at 3pm in a rented house which was believed to be used to store the drugs.

She said the arrest and drug haul followed a week-long intelligence work.

“Our investigation revealed that the suspect has a previous record related to a gambling den, and he is believed to have been active in drug trafficking activities around the Klang Valley for the past two months,” she said at a press conference here.

Sasikala added that the drugs, believed to have been obtained overseas, comprised 166 plastic packages, each of which contained 111 smaller packets labelled as Chinese tea, and another 55 transparent plastic packages containing suspected methamphetamine.

Police also seized a car during the raid.

The suspect has been remanded for seven days until Dec 7 under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and the case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Police were conducting further investigations to find out if the suspect, who tested negative for drugs, was involved with other drug syndicates, she said.

Meanwhile, Sasikala reminded the public to be wary of job vacancy advertisements on social media which offer lucrative income but where the recruitment process and work are done without having to meet the employer.

She said police had received complaints that this was the strategy to recruit drug dealers with salaries of up to RM7,000 to RM8,000 per month.