76 minors among those held in nationwide drug blitz

Successful operation: Comm Ayob speaking at a press conference on Ops Tapis Khas at Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur. — LOW BOON TAT/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Police busted over 300 drug dens in a three-day nationwide crackdown, seizing three guns and rounding up 5,200 suspects, including two 13-year-olds and 74 others aged below 18.

The operation, dubbed Op Tapis Khas, was spearheaded by Bukit Aman’s Narcotics Crime Investigation Department and was jointly conducted with the contingent’s counterparts since Friday.