KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The police have arrested 11 local men for suspected involvement intrafficking ketum leaves around the capital following a raid on a store in Taman Tan Yew Lai on Tuesday (November 12).
Brickfields district police chief ACP Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood said the men, 27 to 47, were arrested at 8.50pm while they were transferring items in front of the premises that acted as a store for ketum leaves and cough mixture.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that a suspect working as a lorry driver had been involved in the trafficking of ketum leaves for three months and obtained the supply from another man in a neighbouring country in the north, which would be sent to Kuala Lumpur weekly,” he said during a press conference at the Brickfields district police headquarters today.
Approximately 1,374kg of ketum leaves and 50 litres of liquid codeine worth RM63,880 were seized during the raid.
The suspects have been remanded for seven days from November 16 to November 22 to facilitate investigations under Section 30(3) of the Poisons Act 1952 and Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
— Bernama
