Man held with 164kg of ganja in his car

SUNGAI PETANI: Police arrested a man, 34, and seized 164kg of ganja worth RM412,000 at the Tikam Batu rest area on Thursday. State deputy police chief Datuk Mohd Roze Shaari said following a tip-off, the suspect from Segamat, Johor, was detained at 5.45am while in his car. “Police found seven sacks containing 158 clear plastic packages, each wrapped in white paper, filled with compressed dried leaves, suspected to be ganja,” he said. Roze said there was enough ganja for 16,000 addicts. “The suspect tested negative for drugs and has an offence. He has been remanded until Dec 8,” he said, adding that police were tracking down other members of the syndicate.