POLICE have seized 102.8kg of marijuana worth more than RM257,000. which was found by the East Coast Highway 2 (LPT2) in Kuala Terengganu. 

Terengganu police chief Rohaimi Md Isa said the ganja was recovered by four traffic policemen from the Kuala Terengganu police headquarters during a check at around 2.30am on Sunday in the Kampung Bukit Jong area. 

“While patrolling the road leading to the Gemuruh toll plaza from the Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan direction, the policemen found five suspicious-looking black plastic packets on the ground next to the road divider.

“Checks showed that each plastic packet contained 101 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana,” he said in a statement today.

Rohaimi said suspects were believed to have thrown away the drugs on seeing the policemen conducting the check. – Bernama, December 27, 2022.