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[UPDATED] IGP: Police probing rapper's ganja bust in Laos for syndicate links
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating if a Malaysian rapper and two others caught in Laos with over 100 packets of ganja recently are working with a drug syndicate or if they were hired as drug mules.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department would liase with its counterparts in Laos for further information.
"They are looking into all possibilities, including if these three were part of a drug trafficking syndicate or if they were hired as drug mules.
"The NCID is in the midst of gathering further details into this case. They will be liasing with their counterparts in Laos as well as other agencies in the region," he said when contacted today.
Razarudin said the 29-year-old rapper and his two associates, aged 25 and 29, all hailed from Johor Baru and did not have a record of prior offences.
"Based on the intelligence in hand, the three had planned to board a Thai Airways flight from Laos to Germany to deliver the drugs there.
"Checks with our counterparts in Thailand have so far revealed that the three had not entered Thailand recently," he said, adding that these checks were conducted to determine if the suspects were involved with a syndicate in Thailand.
Razarudin said NCID would obtain further information from their counterparts in Laos based on the interogation of the three suspects.
"The three are being held at the Phontong Prison at Vientiane, Laos," he said.
Yesterday, Bukit Aman confirmed the arrest of three Malaysians, including a rapper, by Lao authorities over an attempt to smuggle 103 packets of cannabis.
The suspects were detained on May 27 at Wattay International Airport with more than 100 packets of marijuana after they arrived from Malaysia via a Thai Airways flight.
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