9/9/2021- 1:52 p.m.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The police busted a drug smuggling and distribution syndicate with the arrest of 11 men and seizure of various types of drugs worth RM34.1 million following a series of raids in Penang, Kedah and Perak on Sept 3.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Razarudin Husain said the 11 men, aged 22 to 58, were arrested in six raids conducted from 12.40am to 6.20am last Friday.
“Acting on information and intelligence, police detected two men transferring a number of boxes by the roadside at the Bukit Minyak Industrial area onto a trailer truck head and initial checks found several jeans of various brands at the top of the boxes.
“Upon further inspection, police found about 1,000 packages of heroin weighing 367.71kg hidden under the jeans,” he told a press conference here today.
He said the drugs believed to have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country were bound for Penang.
“From early January until last July, the police have seized various types of drugs worth RM1.3 billion, which is 209% higher than the amount seized in the corresponding period last year and this heroin seizure is the biggest haul this year,” he said.
Despite the movement control order (MCO), he said the drug syndicates still had various tricks up their sleeves.
