Syndicate trafficking ganja buds worth RM8.67mil busted

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A syndicate, said to be new to trafficking ganja buds, tried to cash in by operating between Malaysia and a neighbouring country.  But luck ran out barely a month into the operation.  Read more at (bit.ly link)  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Ganja buds now fetch up to 35,000 ringgit per kilogram, compared to 3,000 ringgit for regular ganja.

00:11A syndicate, said to be new to trafficking, tried to cash in by operating between Malaysia and a neighboring country.

00:18Penang Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Azizi Ismail told a press conference on Monday

00:23that the syndicate used Malaysia as a transit point for international distribution,

00:28as there was no local market due to its high price.

00:32But luck ran out barely a month into the operation.

00:35On November 4, police arrested eight people, aged between 20 and 37, during two raids in Bukit Murtajam.

00:44247.7 kilograms of ganja buds, worth over 8.6 million ringgit, were seized.

00:50Commissioner Azizi said it was the state's biggest drug bust this year,

00:54and the total seizure can be consumed by 500,000 people.

00:59Six people, including a British citizen of Pakistani origin, were picked up from a homestay during the first raid.

01:06The second raid led to the arrest of a local man in his 30s, believed to be the mastermind, and his wife, a Thai national.

01:14Four of the suspects have prior criminal and drug records.

01:17If you look at the first aid,

01:19the group, which had been operating since mid-October,

01:22would smuggle drugs via land from the east coast from a neighbouring country.

01:27The syndicate attempted to disguise the ganja buds,

01:30with different flavouring marked on its packaging.

01:33Police believe those arrested are transporters,

01:36who were paid between 9,000 and 15,000 ringgit per trip

01:39to move the drugs across state borders.

01:41Two vehicles were also seized.

01:58Commissioner Azizi said the suspects were detained

02:01to assist investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

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