SHAH ALAM: An international drug trafficking syndicate involving foreign nationals has been dismantled with the seizure of more than 116kg of cannabis buds worth RM9.35mil in a series of raids, say police.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the first arrest was made on March 3 at the KLIA after a foreign man was found with a suitcase containing 49 plastic packets of cannabis buds weighing 27.2kg.
“The drugs were believed to be intended for the international market,” he told a press conference.
Following the arrest, police detained another foreign man, believed to be the syndicate’s mastermind, at a house in Kota Warisan, Sepang, where another 14.3kg of cannabis buds were discovered.
Police carried out another raid on March 5 at a condominium in Mont Kiara, which led to the arrest of a foreign man and a woman and the seizure of 74.8kg of cannabis buds stored in five suitcases.
The police also seized several items, including two cars, a luxury watch and cryptocurrency.
In a separate case, a local man and a temple worker were arrested after police seized over 105kg of syabu worth RM5.25mil from a van in Gombak on March 3.
Comm Shazeli said police discovered 64 plastic packets, believed to contain syabu, in the rear compartment of the van.
The drugs were believed to have been distributed using courier delivery services to avoid detection by authorities.
The suspects are a 34-year-old local man working as a courier delivery worker who has three prior criminal offences and a 47-year-old foreign national employed at a temple in Batu Caves.
Comm Shazeli stated that, during all the raids, over 220kg of drugs, valued at about RM14.6mil, were confiscated.
