Drugs worth RM2.3mil found hidden in handbags

Comm Mohd Mokhtar holding up one of the handbags used to hide the seized drugs during a press conference at Bukit Aman on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police crippled five international drug syndicates, seizing RM2.3mil worth of drugs in the space of six days.

The raids, which were conducted by the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) and Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), took place in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor between April 1 to April 6.