Penang cops bust syndicate using cars to store drugs


GEORGE TOWN: Police busted a drug trafficking syndicate, which uses cars to store the drugs, with the arrest of five men and a woman in three separate raids around Jelutong and Gelugor on Tuesday (Nov 14).

Northeast District acting police chief Supt V. Saravanan said its Narcotics Crime Investigation Division team carried out the raids through Ops Tapis between 11.20am and 3.45pm and those arrested were aged 21 to 42.

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