MMEA seize 400kg of ketum being smuggled out of country

ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Kuala Kedah Maritime Zone seized 40kg of ketum leaves at 1.7 nautical miles east of Kuala Kedah on Friday (Sept 6).

Its director, Cmdr (Maritime) Noor Azreyanti Ishak, said the 11.30pm seizure was based on intelligence gathering on a local syndicate smuggling ketum leaves to a neighbouring country.