KELANTAN police seized an assortment of drugs worth over RM2 million and confiscated RM379,817 worth of property during Ops Tapis Khas from August 6 to 19.

Kelantan police chief Muhamad Zaki Harun said 416 individuals, aged 16 to 65, were arrested for various offences under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and the Poisons Act 1952.

The biggest drug seizure of the operation involved 160,000 Yaba pills worth RM1.7 million that were seized after police arrested a Thai man, 41, in front of a house at Lorong Masjid, in Kota Baru on August 18, he said.

“We also seized a Honda Scoopy motorcycle and a Nissan Teana with Thai registration plates worth RM27,500,” he said at a media conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters today.

Other major drug busts included the seizure of 15.52 kilogrammes (kg) of cannabis worth RM48,112 and the arrests of two Thai men, 39 and 52, in Jeram Perdah, Pasir Mas on August 14. In another raid on a house in Kampung Batu Sebutir, Pasir Puteh on the same day led to the arrest of four men, and the seizure of 140 litres of ketum water, 85kg of ketum leaves and 36 litres of cough mixture worth RM3,630, he added. – Bernama, August 20, 2023.