Penang cops smash drug syndicate, drugs over RM700k seized


GEORGE TOWN: Penang police believe that they have smashed a local drug syndicate, with the arrest of a man and seizure of various drugs worth more than RM700,000.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said the 26-year-old man was detained during an operation by the state Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NICD) between 6.30pm on April 12 and 10am on April 13.

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