Johor cops bust drug-trafficking ring that also counterfeited documents

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Johor police have arrested members of a drug trafficking syndicate involved not only in drug distribution but also in counterfeiting personal documents and bank notes.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/e95auhth   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00On the 13th to 14th of January 2025,

00:10the narcotics department has launched an operation involving four locations.

00:18These four locations are two permissions,

00:22one is a condominium and the other is a house,

00:25and the other two are cars.

00:28In this operation, two local residents have been arrested,

00:33aged between 30 and 33 years old.

00:37As a result of the sewage treatment,

00:40the two arrests of the local residents

00:44are positive for methamphetamine drugs,

00:48and both have a record of possession

00:54or a record of drug and criminal offences.

00:58This syndicate has turned the condominium and the car

01:03into a store and packaging before being distributed to the local market.

01:10As a result of the operation,

01:12the police have managed to confiscate

01:1521,811 grams of SSC powder,

01:20worth Rp3,642,437,

01:281.40 grams of soap,

01:3240.28 litres of liquid in the chest,

01:37worth Rp40,280.

01:42In addition to these robberies,

01:44what is interesting is that the police have also

01:47confiscated the equipment used by Syakir

01:51to make fake documents

01:55in one of the permissions that were confiscated.

01:58Among the robberies are

02:0013 copies of identification cards and driving licences by Syakir,

02:0518 copies of Malaysian Ringgit notes by Syakir

02:10worth Rp20,50 and Rp100 by Syakir,

02:1410 copies of bank cards by Syakir,

02:171 car grant by Syakir,

02:20equipment to print identification cards,

02:23driving licences and fake cash.

02:26The police have also managed to confiscate

02:28Rp400 of Malaysian Ringgit cash,

02:31foreign cash from Cambodia,

02:34and a Polo watch.

02:37The suspects are still in remand detention

02:40until 25 January for further investigation.

02:44In addition to that,

02:46both suspects were also investigated under

02:48Section 489B,

02:51Penal Code,

02:53and also Section 468,

02:55Penal Code.

02:57Two vehicles that we confiscated,

02:59one is a rented vehicle,

03:01and the other is a vehicle that has been reported missing

03:06in 2023 in the Kajang area.

03:11In other words, he used a stolen vehicle.

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