Cops seize drugs worth RM19mil in Padang Besar


KANGAR: Police here scored a major drug bust with the seizure of 528 kilogrammes of methamphetamine valued at RM19mil in a Federal Reserve Forest area in Padang Besar on Jan 10.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director, Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the discovery of the drugs in the forest reserve resulted from the investigation of a 35-year-old man who was arrested on the same date through police surveillance.

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