Police seize 243kg ketum leaves with arrest of man at KL-Karak highway


KUANTAN: Police seized ketum leaves estimated to weigh 243kg and arrested a local man during a raid on a car at KM63 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway in Bentong, early yesterday.

Bentong district police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the car driven by the 44-year-old suspect was also seized by the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department personnel who were on patrol duty along the highway.

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