Police bust two drug syndicates in KL, seize over rm450,000 in narcotics

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Police crippled two separate drug syndicates operating in the capital city following a series of raids between April 16 and 18, resulting in the arrest of 15 individuals and the seizure of drugs and assets worth RM458,420.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two separate narcotics raids in Kuala Lumpur from April 16 to 18 have led to the arrest

00:05of 15 individuals, including members of an online drug distribution syndicate.

00:11Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohammad Isa on Monday stated that drugs and assets

00:17worth over 458,000 ringgit were seized during the raids.

00:22In the first raid on April 16, police detained seven locals aged 20 to 28 at two Montkiyara

00:29residences, seizing 32 kilograms of cannabis and two kilograms of cannabis cookies.

00:35A follow-up operation on April 17 at Jalandhuta led to the arrest of a 31-year-old man and

00:41the discovery of seven kilograms of cannabis biscuits in his vehicle.

00:46Police believe the suspects are part of an online syndicate sourcing cannabis from neighboring

00:50countries and selling it locally.

00:53The group is believed to have been active since last year.

00:56Initial urine tests showed that five of the suspects tested positive for cannabis.

01:01On April 18, police raided an entertainment outlet in Kepong Baru, arresting a 49-year-old

01:07man and seizing 3.5 kilograms of MDMA powder, 112 cannabis cigarettes, and other drugs hidden

01:17in a locked cabinet.

01:19After that day, two local men and four foreign women were arrested in a follow-up raid, with

01:24an additional 350 grams of MDMA powder recovered.

01:30All suspects have been remonded until April 23 for further investigation.

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