TUMPAT: A total of 285kg of ketum leaves worth RM25,650 were seized from smugglers near the Thailand-Malaysia border around 1am yesterday under Ops Gelora by the Pengkalan Kubor Region 3 Marine Police.
Four officers patrolling in an interceptor boat spotted two men unloading bags of the leaves from a car into a boat at an illegal jetty on Sungai Mentua, said Region 3 Marine Police operations base commanding officer Asst Supt Mohd Rudzuan Ahmad.
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