Drug trafficking bid foiled

Successful operation: Comm Hamzah Ahmad (third from left) pointing at the drugs seized from three separate operations during a press conference at the police headquarters in Penang yesterday. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested three locals and three foreigners in three drug sting operations.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the first case, involving an overseas drug trafficking attempt, was foiled following the arrest of two Indonesian men at the Penang International Airport at 5.20pm on May 19.