Four children nabbed in Johor drug bust
Johor deputy police chief Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din with the seized Browning pistol during a press conference at the Johor police contingent headquarters today. — Picture by Roysten Rueben
Johor deputy police chief Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the children were detained together with three local men, aged 26 to 34, and three women, aged 19 to 28. “Further investigation will be carried out, but the children were released on bail earlier this morning,” he said, adding that the police are still verifying the identities of the children and their schooling records.Three adult suspects had tested positive for drugs, while five of them had past criminal offences.
“We also seized a Browning pistol with two magazines, 60 ‘live’ bullets of two calibres and four mobile phones.
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