Malaysian police bust multi-million drug syndicate

Updated Thursday, March 6, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Malaysian police bust multi-million drug syndicate

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police said Wednesday they had crippled a multi-million dollar international drug syndicate in southern Johor state, arresting 11 foreigners and two Malaysians. Police seized 260 kilos (573 pounds) of methamphetamines and chemicals used to manufacture the drug in a haul worth more than 44 million ringgit (US$14 million). They also confiscated 551,900 ringgit in cash.

“We arrested 13 men which included six Mexicans, four Singaporeans, one Canadian and two Malaysians in the raids,” national anti-drug chief Zul Hasnan Najib Baharuddin said.

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