RM1.3mil cannabis found in abandoned boat


Massive haul: Comm Muhammad (centre) showing the seized drugs during a press conference at the Kangar district police headquarters. — Bernama

KANGAR: Police have seized 409kg of cannabis, worth almost RM1.3mil, abandoned by smugglers in a fibre-glass boat during a raid at the river estuary in Kuala Sungai Baru, Simpang Empat.

Perlis police chief Comm Datuk Muhammad Abdul Halim said the drugs worth RM1,297,900 were seized in Kuala Perlis on Tuesday following a tip-off regarding a suspicious boat lacking a registration number.

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