Drug ring busted in raid on JB terrace house

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Police have crippled a drug syndicate that used a terrace house in Johor Baru as a repacking and distribution centre for the local market and neighbouring countries.  Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said five men were arrested in Taman Bukit Indah along with the seizure of drugs worth about RM1.45mil.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yty45sjt   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 that used a terrace house in Johor Bahru

00:06as a repackaging and distribution hub for the local market and neighbouring countries.

00:11Johor Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Abdul Rahman Arsad said five men aged between 43 and 53

00:18were arrested in Taman Bukit Indah at 4.20pm on Friday. One of the suspects is believed to be

00:24the leader of the syndicate, which has been active since August last year. Authorities seized a total

00:31of 21.75 kilograms of drugs, estimated to be worth 1.45 million ringgit, which could have supplied

00:38over 98,000 users. Police also recovered drug paraphernalia and equipment reportedly used to

00:46repackage the drugs in Chinese tea packets. In addition, six cars, two motorcycles, jewellery

00:53and cash totaling 270,150 ringgit were confiscated. The case is being investigated under section 39

01:02subsection B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a mandatory death penalty or life

01:08imprisonment upon conviction.

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