Police foil syndicate’s bid to disguise drugs as tea leaves


Busted: Comm Chuah (centre) with state Narcotics Department chief Supt Maidu Abu Bakar (right) and investigating officer Insp Mohd Khairi Mohamed Ali showing the drugs wrapped in tea leaf packages at the Penang police headquarters.

GEORGE TOWN: Packing drugs in tea leaf packages seems to be a new method used by drug traffickers to evade detection.

But their tactics were in vain, as police managed to uncover their latest ruse.

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