00:00Police have busted two drug syndicates in Johor and seized various drugs worth an estimated 4.77 million ringgit.
00:09Johor, Acting Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Hu Chuan Huat, said six suspects, aged between 21 and 50,
00:17were arrested during several raids conducted by the State Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department on May 7 and 8.
00:23He said three raids were carried out around Johor Bahru and Maasai on May 7, leading to the arrest of
00:30five local men.
00:31According to police, all the suspects tested positive for drugs, while four of them also had previous criminal records.
00:39Authorities seized a total of 27.54 kilograms of drugs with an estimated street value of 3.65 million ringgit.
00:48In a separate raid on May 8, police arrested a 21-year-old local man at a house in Taman
00:55Purling and seized drugs worth 1.12 million ringgit.
01:00Investigations revealed that the suspect, believed to be a drug distributor, had used the house as a drug storage and
01:07repackaging centre.
01:08The suspect also tested positive for drugs and had previous drug-related offences on record.
01:15Police also confiscated several assets, including cars, motorcycles, jewellery and cash, under the Dangerous Drugs, Forfeiture of Property Act, 1988.
01:26All suspects have been remanded for seven days and the cases are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous
01:34Drugs Act, 1952,
01:36which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment as well as no fewer than 12 strokes of the cane upon
01:42conviction.
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