Eleven arrested for involvement in ketum trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The police have arrested 11 local men for suspected involvement intrafficking ketum leaves around the capital following a raid on...
Cops bust ketum distributors in Sg Buloh, four nabbed
SUNGAI BULOH, Oct 8 — Police have dismantled a ketum production and distribution organisation fronting as a landscape company in raids at a village here....
Indonesia to regulate cultivation, export of herbal ketum products
JAKARTA, June 20 — Indonesia has said it would start regulating the cultivation and export of kratom or ketum, a substance that advocates say can...
Four cops arrested for extorting ketum water dealer
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Four policemen were arrested on January 19 for allegedly extorting a ketum water dealer in Taman Desa Gombak in November last year. Kuala...
Ketum water seller arrested for fourth time
PETALING JAYA, 17 Feb — Having been arrested and fined several times for selling ketum water was not enough for a 30-year-old man who was...
Discussions will be held with Health Ministry on medicinal potential of cannabis, ketum — DPM
KOTA BHARU, Jan 30 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is looking at the medicinal potential of cannabis and ketum plants, says Deputy...
Police seize 243kg ketum leaves with arrest of man at Kuala Lumpur – Karak Highway
KUANTAN, Nov 30 — Police seized ketum leaves estimated to weigh 243 kilogrammes and arrested a local man during a raid on a car at...
Proposed industrialisation of cannabis, ketum needs control mechanism — Home Minister
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — Some form of organised control mechanism needs to be conceived first for those studying the proposed industrialisation of cannabis and ketum,...
Teenager held, 201 kg of ketum leaves seized
JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 3 — Police arrested a 19-year-old male and seized seven packages containing 201 kg of ketum leaves in Taman Istimewa, here, today....
Main committee set up for development of cannabis, ketum industry — KJ
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The main committee for the development of the cannabis and ketum industry has been set up to look at the...
Teenage girl among five arrested for drug trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — A group of five friends, who included a 14-year-old girl, were arrested in raids conducted in the past two days...
K-KOMM to organise information programme to reduce public stigma against ketum, hemp
PUTRAJAYA, Mei 17 — The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) will organise information programmes to reduce the public stigma against ketum and hemp when...