GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): Penang police crippled a drug trafficking syndicate using 3-in-1 tea, chocolate and coffee sachets in its modus operandi and seized drugs worth RM 338,250 in two separate raids carried out in the state on Wednesday (April 24).
State police chief Datuk T. Narenasagaran said based on investigations and intelligence gathered in the past few weeks, police detained a local man who was driving a car at Pulau Tikus here at 11pm before carrying out a second raid at a house in Jelutong.
Based on the investigation, it was found that the syndicate bought the drinks before placing the drugs in the sachets and selling each at RM200 at entertainment outlets around Penang, he told a press conference today.
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