KOTA BARU: The General Operations Force has seized 216,000 Yaba pills valued at RM3.24mil during the Ops Taring Sky operation near Kampung Laut in Tumpat.
Commander SAC Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said acting on a tip-off, a GOF squad from Battalion 8 conducted a raid along the riverbank in the village at around 10pm on Saturday (Nov 2).
"GOF officers saw two men behaving suspiciously and suspected they were smuggling drugs," he said in a statement on Sunday (Nov 3).
However, he said the two men spotted the officers and managed to flee.
He said a search led to the discovery of several boxes containing 216,000 Yaba pills weighing over 25kg, believed to have been smuggled in from Thailand.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
