JOHOR BARU: Close intelligence sharing between the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) of Malaysia and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore has paid off big as drugs worth RM5.2 million was seized in a two-day operation which started at 6am yesterday.
NCID director Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim told reporters at the state police contingent here today that three men – two locals and a Singaporean were arrested during the raids.
Noor Rashid said three separate raids were carried out in Johor Baru which resulted in the arrest of the three suspects and seizure of 63,500 psychotropic pills and 81 litres of liquid form believed to be drugs.
The arrest of the trio led the team to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) where a container with 360 gunny sacks of what was declared as soda ash was seized.
Of the 360 sacks, three of them contained 150g of ketamine and 484g of syabu.
The total seizure was believed to be the biggest this year from a collaboration between NCID and CNB.
Noor Rashid said the drug syndicate has been active in the international circuit for several months but this was the first time the syndicate from Karachi, Pakistan, had attempted to smuggle the drugs into the country through the PTP.
Also present was CNB director Ng Ser Song.
