Ketum and codeine ring smashed, hunt on for mastermind


Pile of evidence: ACP Ku Mashariman (right), along with other senior police personnel, showing the seized ketum and codeine at Brickfields police headquarters. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 1.3 tonnes of ketum leaves and 50 litres of codeine solution have been seized following a raid on a shophouse in Taman Yew Lai here.

Police also detained 11 men, believed to be workers for a ketum trafficking syndicate.

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