Narcotics could have supplied 401,650 abusers if it entered market, says state police chief

Illicit flows are now harder to detect through traditional banking oversight, says Hussein

Police intel reveals syndicate could produce enough narcotics for over 2.8 million addicts

Suspect believed to be drug smuggling syndicate's mastermind, says MACC's Azam

PASIR MAS, July 3 — The police busted a 'pil kuda' drug trafficking syndicate and seized drugs weighing over 35.4 kg, valued at RM5.04 million, through six raids in Pasir Mas and Tumpat on Friday (June 27).

JOHOR BAHRU, July 2 — The Johor police have crippled a drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of five individuals, and the seizure of various drugs worth nearly RM3 million in a special operation around Johor Bahru on June 19.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — The police arrested two men and seized 70 compressed packages of ganja weighing more than 73 kg in a raid along Jalan Baiduri in Kepong on Tuesday (June 17).

JOHOR BAHRU, June 18 — Johor police have crippled 21 drug trafficking syndicates and seized illicit narcotics worth RM81.07 million in the first five months of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The police busted an international drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of three brothers, and seized various types of drugs worth over RM82 million in three separate raids in Kajang and Cheras on Thursday (April 24) and Friday (April 25).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The police seized over 75 kg of marijuana buds, worth RM2.64 million, believed to be bound for sale in Europe, during an inspection of a rented house used as a storage facility in Bukit Changgang in Banting.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — The Bukit Aman narcotics team seized 269 kg of various drugs worth RM13.6 million after inspecting a house around Bandar Baru Sri Petaling on Monday (April 14).

JOHOR BAHRU, March 14 — The Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) and the Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) should be expanded with additional personnel to enhance their operations in combatting global and cross-border crimes, said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Police have crippled a syndicate employing the latest trend of lacing bottles of juice with drugs after several raids across the Klang Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday (January 16 and January 17) netted six suspects, including the mastermind.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — A total of 77 Malaysians were arrested abroad for various drug offences from 2021 to November this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — The police are facing an increasingly challenging situation in their efforts to eradicate drug trafficking, following syndicates' increasingly creative modus operandi to escape legal action.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 23 — The police busted a drug trafficking syndicate and heroin-processing laboratory following the arrest of four men and the seizure of RM1.87 million in various prohibited items during a series of raids in Penang.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Police have arrested a total of 188 civil servants for various drug-related offences in the first four months of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — A total of 444,120 reports were lodged with the Kuala Lumpur police last year, compared with 374,588 reports in 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Three drug suppliers at entertainment centres around the capital who were known as 'doctors' were among 180 individuals arrested in a special operation at entertainment centres by the Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — A drug processing and trafficking syndicate was busted when police arrested 11 individuals and seized 141.4 kg of various types of drugs, estimated to be worth RM8.07 million, in the Klang Valley last Friday.