High sea drug ring runs aground

Syndicate sunk: Comm Mohd Shuhaily (right) and his team showing the fibreglass speedboat during a press conference at the Batu Uban marine police base in George Town. — KT GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: After ruling the high seas with their speedboat since last year, luck finally ran aground for an international drug ring when six of its members were arrested in a series of raids in Penang and Kuala Lumpur.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the speedboat used by the gang was capable of covering long distances.