IPOH: A 56-year-old Indonesian man was arrested with two gunny sacks believed to contain syabu worth more than RM1.7mil while trying to make arrangements to ‘export’ the drugs to his country. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the Hilir Perak police's narcotics criminal investigation department arrested the man with the drugs weighing 29kg. “Initial investigation revealed that the suspect would purchase drugs from a local distributor, and later ‘export’ the drugs via a boat at illegal jetties. Comm Mior Faridalathrash added that this was the first time state police have encountered this modus operandi in smuggling drugs. “All five of them tested positive for drugs, and four of them have previous criminal records,” he added.

Source: The Star September 27, 2021 03:11 UTC