Drug lab discovered inside shipping container

Big haul: Comm Kamarul Zaman ­(second from left) showing some of the items seized in the raid.

JOHOR BARU: What started as an operation against a smuggling syndicate led to the discovery of a drug-processing laboratory inside a shipping container in Pasir Gudang, allegedly managed by a businessman with a Datuk title.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the General Operations Force launched a special operation at a factory in Taman Pasir Putih near Pasir Gudang between 11am and 8pm on Monday.