Johor police chief M. Kumar said police arrested two local men, aged 35 and 36, during a five-day special operation that started on May 16. — Bernama picJOHOR BARU, May 23 — The Johor police seized more than RM300,000 in illicit narcotics after they crippled a local syndicate that uses junk cars to store the illicit drugs as a ruse to avoid detection.
He said the suspects arrested were found to be the syndicate’s drug dealers and were tasked with storing and selling the drugs. “In addition to the drug seizure, the police also confiscated two other cars worth RM75,000, two motorcycles worth RM11,000, cash that included Singapore currency worth RM5,020 and a gold chain estimated to cost RM3,330.