Johor cops bust syndicate that sold drugs through messaging app

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Police have arrested five suspected members of a drug syndicate that processed and sold narcotics via the WeChat messaging platform during three separate raids in Johor Baru on June 19, which also led to the seizure of drugs worth over RM2.9mil.   Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (July 2), Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the suspects — three local men and two Vietnamese women, aged between 29 and 46 — were detained during the operation.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bdcv9zfe   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Five individuals, three local men and two Vietnamese women, have been arrested for allegedly

00:08operating a drug syndicate that used the WeChat messaging platform to promote and distribute

00:13narcotics. Johor Police Chief Commissioner Datuk M. Kumar said during a press conference on Wednesday

00:20that the arrests followed three separate raids in Johor Bahru on June 19, during which drugs

00:26worth over 2.9 million ringgit were seized. The syndicate, active since January, is believed

00:32to have operated from two apartment units and a rented room where the drugs were processed and

00:37packed. The suspects allegedly advertised the drugs on WeChat, with payments made online. The drugs

00:44were then left in concealed locations, such as roadsides, drains or dumpsters for buyers to

00:49collect. Among the seized items were nearly 17,000 grams of ecstasy powder, 104 grams of

00:56ketamine, 1,950 aryemin 5 pills, 1,250 ecstasy pills and 35 yaba pills, enough to supply almost

01:0660,000 drug users. Police also confiscated five vehicles, drug processing equipment, 9,100 ringgit

01:14in cash and some jewellery. One of the arrested men is believed to be the syndicate's ringleader.

01:21All five suspects have been remanded until Thursday under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

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