Cops arrest nine, seize five firearms and bullets in Johor raids

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Police have seized five firearms, 136 live bullets and arrested nine suspects in raids on a drug trafficking syndicate in Johor Baru.  Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said that state police and personnel from Bukit Aman conducted several raids on Tuesday (Sept 19) around Johor Baru, Seri Alam and Kota Tinggi.  Read more at https://rb.gy/ux2on  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 "On 19th September, at around 2am to 9.30am, the police from the SBCA and the IPK Johor

00:15 have carried out four raids around the new Johor area, Sri Alam and Kota Tinggi.

00:25 In the raid, six local men and three local women, all nine of them, aged 22 to 36, were detained.

00:36 They were charged with a number of drug-related crimes, as you can see here.

00:41 I will explain in detail later.

00:43 Two suspects were charged with drug-related crimes, including meth and vitamin.

00:50 Meanwhile, six others were charged with drug-related crimes and crimes related to drugs.

00:57 The modus operandi for this syndicate case is to rent several houses and turn them into a store to store drugs.

01:09 This syndicate case has been investigated since May 2023. After several months of investigation,

01:22 on 19th September, we were able to investigate this syndicate case.

01:27 The drugs that were confiscated were 28 types of cannabis, weighing around 27.55 grams,

01:44 and weighing around 1.81 kilograms, which is 4 packets.

01:54 Next, 2.02 kilograms of soap, which is 6 packets, and then ketamine, pill yaba, pill kuda, and pill ecstasy.

02:12 The total amount of drugs that were confiscated in this operation was almost 230,000.

02:19 If it was sold, it would be used by 50,000 people.

02:28 In addition, the police managed to confiscate 5 pistols and 136 bullets.

02:44 In addition, the police also confiscated more than 300,000 of their assets,

03:05 including motorcycles, four motorcycles, packaging, and cash, which amounted to 126,000 ringgit.

03:16 Cash, I repeat, amounted to 126,000 ringgit.

03:23 The total amount of assets confiscated was 305,000 ringgit.

03:29 The total amount of theft and corruption was more than half a million.

03:36 In addition, the investigation will be carried out under Section 39B of the Criminal Code of 1952.

03:45 In addition, Section 8 of the Firearms Act, which is the pistols,

03:50 Section 33 of the Firearms Act, and Section 135 of the Customs Act, which is the possession of drugs without a fine.

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