‘Suspect used seafood to smuggle drugs’
A CIVIL servant is among the four individuals who were caught in Muar, Johor, for alleged drug trafficking to neighbouring countries, reported Utusan Malaysia.
According to General Operations Force’s (PGA) Battalion 6 chief, Supt Rozasin Ramlan, in the Aug 24 incident, the 43-year-old suspect was detained at the Nelayan Parit jetty on suspicion of smuggling drugs worth RM830,000 by using seafood.
During the 9am raid, the suspect and another individual in his 40s arrived at the jetty, before two more individuals from Indonesia arrived at the scene with a boat.
“Two illegal immigrants, aged 38 and 40, arrived by using a fibre type boat before all four suspects started to transfer the drugs, believed to be syabu (methamphetamine), into the boat.
Rozasin said all drug supplies
Zarul uses his YouTube channel to aid colleagues affected by the pandemic. were confiscated along with a Proton Saga BLM and a fibre boat, with the collective haul worth RM1.02mil.
Following interrogations, the suspects admitted to having carried out drug trafficking using the sea route two to three times during the year, added Rozsin.
> Singer and actor Zarul Husin used his YouTube channel to help his colleagues in the aviation industry affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, reported Harian Metro.
Zarul, who is also a former flight attendant, said he also tried his best to promote small businesses run by his friends.
“Many of my acquaintances consisting of flight attendants and pilots were affected by this crisis after being fired.
“I cannot afford to help them financially. So I use YouTube to promote their products. To some extent, it can help,” said Zarul, who is impressed by the determination shown by his ex-colleagues.
“I am impressed by their enthusiasm. Some of their spouses were fired on the same day and for others” he said.
Zarul, who is also the singer of the Umbrella group, said he did not rule out the possibility that many more would be affected by the crisis.
“We also do not know when this crisis will end. I think it will probably take a long time,” said Zarul, who just released a single called Hilang. > The daily also reported that a former English teacher has to serve 12 months in prison after the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya rejected his appeal to set aside his conviction for outraging his student’s modesty in the classroom six years ago. The court ordered Abdul Majid Ahmad, 56, who was released on RM15,000 bail with one guarantor, to serve the jail sentence starting Sept 1.