Penang cops bust drug lab, seize RM11.8mil worth of narcotics

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan (centre) showing the seized drug and drug-processing equipment during press conference at Central Seberang Perai police headquarters in Bukit Mertajam.— ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Penang police busted a drug processing laboratory and seized drugs worth RM11.8mil with the arrest of three men in Seberang Jaya and Sungai Petani.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said the suspects, aged between 30 and 37, were detained during a police operation conducted by the state narcotic criminal investigation department and Central Seberang Prai narcotics police on Monday (March 22).