Police crack-down on ketum in Johor, 17 arrested in raids


JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested 17 people including an Indonesian woman for processing and selling ketum leaves and juice in a series of raids last week.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said three civil servants aged between 32 and 42 were also detained for consuming ketum juice.

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