‘Zombie drug’ syndicate shut down


Man-made poison: Comm Hussein (left) displaying some of the seized drugs during a press conference at the Selangor police headquarters in Shah Alam. — KK SHAM/The Star

SHAH ALAM: Nearly a tonne of fentanyl – a drug described as 100 times more potent than morphine or heroin – was brought into Malaysia by an international syndicate.

However, Bukit Aman smashed the ring before it could distribute the drugs here after raids in Negri Sembilan and Melaka.

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