IPOH: An international drug smuggling syndicate was crippled and drugs worth RM23.72 million seized with the arrest of a man and his son at Jalan Lebuhraya Timur Barat in Gerik, on Saturday.
Narcotics CID director Razarudin Husain said today that police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the two men from Kelantan, aged 27 and 58, at 6pm.
“They were the driver and attendant of a truck, which was towing a Toyota Alphard. Police found drugs believed to be methamphetamine and ketamine weighing 448kg concealed in Chinese tea packages inside the MPV.
“Police also seized cash amounting to RM19,672,” he told a press conference at the Perak police contingent headquarters. Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid was also present.
Razarudin said the drugs were believed to be for international markets including Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and Australia.
The two suspects are being remanded for a week until July 3, he added.