Police dismantle drug syndicate in George Town

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Penang police have dismantled a drug syndicate following the arrest of six suspects and the seizure of 37.8kg of methylenedioxy-N-hydroxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) worth RM6.3mil.   State police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said all suspects, who are locals, were apprehended during a raid by the state Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) between 2pm on Tuesday (May 20) and 4.30am on Wed (May 21).   Read more at https://shorturl.at/PJndJ  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Police have dismantled a drug syndicate

00:04following the arrest of six suspects

00:06and the seizure of 37.8 kilograms

00:09of methylanideoxy-N-hydroxy-N-methylamphetamine

00:13worth 6.3 million ringgit.

00:16Penang Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Hamza Ahmad said

00:20all suspects were apprehended during a raid

00:23by the State Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department

00:26between 2 p.m. on Tuesday and 4.30 a.m. on Wednesday.

00:44Commissioner Hamza said police, based on intelligence work,

00:47detained a suspicious man during the first raid

00:50at a roadside in Georgetown.

00:52Despite initially resisting arrest,

00:54the suspect led police to a public car park in Georgetown

00:57where they discovered drugs packaged in a car.

01:00Perkirangan lepasan dadah adalah seperti berikut.

01:03Yang pertama, 2 backhand,

01:04bertulisan Willis Glosser,

01:06Besik, dalamnya mengandungi 532 paket warna unu

01:11dan kemasan berisi serbuk MDMA

01:14di syargi beranggaraan berat 18,420 gram

01:17.

01:32Police also confiscated a plastic package

01:35containing paper and plastic bags intended for couriering the drugs to their customers.

01:40Following the discovery,

01:43police arrested another five suspects in different locations in Georgetown.

01:47He said police believe the syndicate used the car to store the drugs.

01:52During the raid, police confiscated seven vehicles, jewelry and cash.

01:57Police believe the syndicate has been active since early this year.

02:01Five of the suspects tested negative for benzo and ketamine

02:12and also have prior criminal and drug records.

02:15The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,

02:30which provides for the death sentence or life imprisonment upon conviction.

02:45Forvenись 2

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