Malaysia-Singapore Police Seize Drugs Worth RM5.2 Million

Johor police chief Datuk Mokhtar Shariff (second from left), NCID director Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim (third from left) and CNB Ng Ser Song (fourth from left) show the drugs seized at the state police contingent in the two-day joint operation. Pic by Hairul Anuar Abd Rahim. 

JOHOR BARU: Close intelligence sharing between the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) of Malaysia and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore has paid off big as drugs worth RM5.2 million was seized in a two-day operation which started at 6am yesterday.

  NCID director Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim told reporters at the state police contingent here today that three men – two locals and a Singaporean were arrested during the raids.

  Noor Rashid said three separate raids were carried out in Johor Baru which resulted in the arrest of the three suspects and seizure of 63,500 psychotropic pills and 81 litres of what was believed to be drugs in liquid form.

  The arrest of the trio led the team to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) where a container with 360 gunny sacks of what was declared as soda ash was seized.

  Of the 360 sacks, three of them contained 150g of ketamine and 484g of syabu.

  The total seizure was believed to be the biggest this year from a collaboration between NCID and CNB.

  Noor Rashid said the drug syndicate has been active in the international circuit for several months but this was the first time the syndicate from Karachi, Pakistan, had attempted to smuggle the drugs into the country through the PTP.

  Also present was CNB director Ng Ser Song.

- Chuah Bee Kim
NST online