Prison drug racket exposed, civil servant among seven nabbed in JB


JOHOR BARU: A civil servant is among seven people arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs into the Johor Baru Correctional Centre in Ulu Choh, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat.

He added that police discovered the syndicate's activities after a man on trial for a drug case in the court complex here was found with nine small, tightly-wrapped tubes filled with drugs hidden in his underwear at about 10.30am on Thursday (Dec 15).

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