Penang cops bust drug syndicate, seize RM400,000 worth of narcotics

Penang Narcotics Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah (3rd left) and his men looking at the drugs seized after a press conference at the state police headquarters in Penang Road, Penang. - K.T. GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Police in Penang have busted a drug smuggling syndicate that has been active since early this year, seizing drugs worth RM398,352 and arresting three of its members.

Penang Narcotics Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said his team busted a laboratory processing ecstasy pills in Penang during the operation.