Cops STING Iranian drug lord


Bukit Aman Narcotics press conference on STING's first success

KUALA LUMPUR: An Iranian man’s lucrative drug-trafficking business here came to a “stinging” end, when his operation was smashed by the STING, or the Special Tactics and Intelligence Narcotics Group.

The 36-year-old drug kingpin came to Malaysia to obtain his PhD at a local university. But he later dropped out and instead went into the illegal drugs trade.

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