Published: Monday September 7, 2009 MYT 2:44:00 PM
Cops bust drug ring, S’porean among those arrested
JOHOR BARU: Police busted a syndicate that processed and distributed drugs when they arrested five men, including a Singaporean, in four raids here from Tuesday till last Friday.
Johor chief police officer Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said police recovered various types of drugs, cash and vehicles all worth about RM1mil in the four raids on four houses in Jalan Kebun Teh, Pangsapuri Skudai Villa, Taman Universiti and Pangsapuri Kip Park.
“The drugs seized were 4.53kg of heroin, 6.51kg believed to be of the drug ecstasy, 3,744 pills of ecstasy and 240 grammes of ‘syabu.’
“We also found various processing equipment,” he told reporters at the Johor police contingent headquarters here Monday.
Mohd Mokhtar said RM53,950, S$17,000 and 7.9mil Indonesian rupiah were seized in cash, as were two cars and a motorcycle.
He said police arrested a Singaporean and a Malaysian in Jalan Kebun Teh last Tuesday before arresting three men and seizing various types of drugs in follow-up raids.
He said the syndicate marketed the drugs around this city, Batam and Tanjung Balai in Indonesia as well as Singapore.
He said the syndicate began operating in October last year.
All the men, aged between 36 and 53 years, had criminal records related to drugs and were remanded for investigation. -- Bernama
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