Police: 300kg of syabu seized in largest drug bust this year

MARANG: The police made their biggest drug bust this year with the seizure of more than 300kg of syabu worth about RM22 million following a series of raids in three states.
The raids at Terengganu, Selangor and Penang were jointly conducted by the Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) and the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (Sting).
Bukit Aman NCID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh said six suspects aged between 25 and 53 were also arrested.
"In the first raid on Sept 25, we arrested two suspects in Bukit Payung and seized 288.5kg of syabu stored in a lorry container followed by another suspect in Klang.
"Three other suspects were also detained in Penang and we seized 20.5kg of syabu," Salleh said in a press conference held at the Terengganu Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) on Thursday.
He added the police also seized more than RM260,000 worth of assets, including four vehicles, belonging to the syndicate.
All suspects have been remanded for seven days.
Mohmad added the drugs were packed inside Chinese tea packets and smuggled through the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu from Thailand.
"The syndicate had been smuggling syabu from Thailand via Golok before being brought to Kelantan and Terengganu, from there, the drugs were transported to Kuala Lumpur and distributed to other states as well.
"The syndicates are changing their modus operandi by using Kelantan as an entry point to avoid detection. They had also used other routes before this, including from Bukit Kayu Hitam," he said.
Mohmad added that his department was still in the midst of identifying the mastermind of the syndicate.
"We are working hand in hand with our counterpart in Thailand to ensure that drug smuggling across the Malaysian borders can be stopped," he said.