Doctors held for selling pills to suspected drug addict

Doctors held for selling pills to suspected drug addict

KUANTAN: Pahang police have nabbed three doctors over the past three years for selling pills and cough mixture to suspected drug addicts.

The most recent case involved a private medical practitioner, who was caught with psychotropic pills on the grounds of the Mentakab Hospital on Sunday night.

The 40-year-old doctor is being held at the Temerloh police station, where he will be remanded for a week.

Anti-narcotics officers found him with 100 pills during a surprise raid following a tip-off. Some 900 more pills were found in his car.

Police said the doctor, who is believed to have a clinic in Bera, was caught while trying to sell the pills to a suspected drug addict.

It is learnt that the doctor had been selling the pills to addicts for RM5 to RM8 each.

Pahang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Ramli Yusuff warned doctors, especially private practitioners, not to abuse their position and sell illegal drugs.

�We will monitor the situation closely because doctors have been caught selling illegal drugs to addicts,� Ramli said at the state police monthly gathering here yesterday.

He said two other doctors have already been charged in court, adding that the arrests were made following information from the public.

DCP Ramli said previously it was the trend for suppliers to sell cough syrup to drug addicts but, he added, it appears that selling psychotropic pills has become more lucrative now.