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Penang Police Arrest Four Men With Drugs Worth Over RM53,000 In Seberang Jaya, Gurun

Penang Police Arrest Four Men With Drugs Worth Over RM53,000 In Seberang Jaya, Gurun

Barnama3 days ago
BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 22 (Bernama) -- Penang police busted a drug distribution syndicate after arresting four men and seizing various types of drugs. worth RM53,500, in raids in Seberang Jaya here and Gurun, Kedah.
Its acting chief, Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said a team from the state Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) conducted the operation from 4 pm on Sunday to 5 am yesterday, and nabbed four local men, aged between 32 and 61.
He said that in the first raid, three men were arrested in a parking lot in Seberang Jaya, and a subsequent search of their car found two canvas bags containing 10 plastic packets of compressed ganja leaves, weighing 9,920 grammes (g), stored in the boot.
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