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In biggest Malaysia drug bust, narcotics worth $66.2m seized by Johor police
The items that were seized included 3.2 tonnes of Ecstasy powder, 26.1kg of liquid Ecstasy and 117kg of Eramin 5 powder.PHOTO: HRH CROWN PRINCE OF JOHOR/FACEBOOK
UpdatedJan 17, 2021, 10:03 pm
PublishedJan 17, 2021, 9:39 pm SGT
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JOHOR BARU: Police have busted a drug-manufacturing syndicate with the arrest of 15 people and seized various types of drugs and vehicles worth RM131mil during a series of raids that were conducted here.
Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Razarudin Husain said police conducted 16 raids between Jan 9 and 10 and arrested eight men and seven women, aged between 17 and 62.
The police also raided four houses where two had been used for storage and the other two to manufacture drugs.
“All arrested suspects are locals, and we have also arrested the syndicate leader, who is a 30-year-old man. Investigations also revealed that this syndicate has been active since early last year.
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