Wanted Indian Drug Kingpin Deported After Arrest In KL Hotel
KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (Bernama) -- Police have arrested an Indian national suspected of being the notorious drug kingpin of a transnational syndicate who is wanted by his country's government while hiding in a hotel in the capital here on May 13.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the 30-year-old man was arrested by a team from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ) together with the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) when he was located in a hotel room at 1.35 am.
He said checks found that the man was believed to have been in the country since early this year on a tourist pass.
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