157kg of syabu seized


Major bust: Khaw showing the seized packets of purported tea at Penang police contingent headquarters in George Town. — Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a wireman, who acted as a transporter, and seized syabu worth about RM5.2mil under Ops Tapis in Bandar Cassia, Batu Kawan, near here.

Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said the 34-year-old man was nabbed at 12.50pm on Tuesday following a public tip-off and intelligence carried out by a team from the Seberang Perai Selatan Narcotics Crime Investigation Division.

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