RM28.47 mln syabu seized from container lorry

KUALA LUMPUR: Police foiled an attempt to smuggle syabu worth RM28.47 million from a container lorry heading for Penang Port last Saturday, which led to the arrest of three men at different locations in Perak.

Three raids were conducted between 4 pm and 7 pm at the Taiping R&R area, a premises in Ipoh and at the Bidor toll plaza in connection with the case.

Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the lorry carrying the prohibited item (syabu) was seized by police assisted by a team in an Expressway Mobile Patrol Vehicle (EMPV) about 4 pm when it stopped at the Taiping R&R area.

“Inside the lorry was a 40-yearold man and we seized the syabu weighing 569.5 kg. I congratulate the police and EMPV teams for observing the container lorry being driven in a suspicious manner,” he said, here, yesterday at a news conference on the drug seizure.

Also present was Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director, Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh.

The container lorry is believed to be travelling from Klang Valley to smuggle the drug for the domestic and international markets.

Mohamad Fuzi said based on intelligence from the Narcotics CID, the second raid was conducted on the same day at a premises in Ipoh where a 49-yearold local man was arrested in connection with the case.

“In the third raid on the same day, police detained a local man, aged 30, at the Bidor toll plaza, also in connection with the case,” he added.