Datuk and Datuk Seri thugs held


KUALA LUMPUR: Four grassroots politicians with Datuk titles and a Datuk Seri were among 60 hardened gangsters detained in the biggest swoop on organised crime this year that yielded lethal weapons and drugs, under a police special operation Op Cantas Khas.

The Datuks and 34 others were members of the notorious Gang 360 Devan, a splinter faction of Gang 36 notorious for robberies, extortion, drug trafficking and kidnapping while the Datuk Seri was the leader of the Gang 24 Penang.

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