RM3mil of drugs seized from syndicate with interstate connections


No escaping the law: Comm Khaw (third from right) with Comm Hamzah (third from left) and other officers displaying the seized drugs after the operation. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: A drug ring here with links to a Kuala Lumpur-based syndicate has been crippled with the arrest of five men and the seizure of drugs worth over RM3mil in various parts of the island.

Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Khaw Kok Chin said the operation on Nov 6 was a follow-up to the raid in Taman Desa Petaling where RM21.8mil of drugs were seized and two men – one a Singaporean – were arrested on Aug 10.

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