GEORGE TOWN: Police busted a local drug syndicate here after three people, including a former police corporal, were arrested and 451kg of ganja worth RM1.13mil seized, says Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.
The state police chief said the suspects were detained during a police special operation conducted between Jan 13 and Jan 14 at Penaga, in north Seberang Prai, after gathering information on the drug trafficking activities.
Comm Mohd Shuhaily said following the arrest,police raided a house in the same road where they stumbled upon 443 compressed blocks wrapped in gold paper containing dried leaves believed to be ganja weighing about 441.7kg and worth about RM1.105mil. He said in the last raid, police detained a 42-year-old man believed to be the head of the syndicate at about 9.30pm in the same area.
"The syndicate used the house to store the drugs and we believed they have been active since early 2022," he said, adding that the confiscated drugs can be abused by 906,470 drug addicts.
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