KOTA BARU: The police arrested 1,488 individuals for various drug offences under Operation Tapis Bersepadu throughout Kelantan from April 29 to yesterday.
Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said in a statement that all those arrested were aged between 15 and 73 consisting of 1,468 men and 20 women including two civil servants.
He said the focus of the operation was to identified the target areas of drug addicts who carry out drug trafficking and drug abuse activities.
Muhamad Zaki said the police also seized various types of drugs worth RM942,639 in the operation.
"Among the drugs confiscated are ketum leaves weighing 737.7 kilogrammes, ketum water 787.46 litres, horse pills weighing 4,479.08 grammes (g), syabu weighing 480.67 g and heroin weighing 211.64 g," he said. --BERNAMA
