Drug syndicate busted, six guns seized

Big haul: Comm Khaw (third from left) and Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad (second from right) showing the seized drugs and firearms at the state police headquarters. — KT GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: A drug pipeline that could reach some 2.6 million addicts has been severed with the arrest of a 38-year-old drug syndicate mastermind and the seizure of six guns.

Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said a narcotics team, acting on a tip-off, flagged down a car in Sungai Ara at 5.30pm on Friday.