BALIK PULAU, Dec 9 — The Barat Daya district police busted two syndicates processing and selling ketum water with the arrest of six men in two raids in Teluk Kumbar here yesterday.
According to a statement by the Barat Daya district police headquarters, six men, 23 to 52, were arrested under Ops Tapis, after a week of gathering intelligence and information.
“In the first raid, police arrested four men in a seaside hut in Kampung Nelayan and seized 30,050 milimetres (ml) of suspected ketum water, 500 ml of cough mixture along with RM950 in cash, believed to be proceeds of the illicit sales,” the statement read.
The two other men were arrested in the second raid on a house in Pintasan Pasir Belanda, with 50 kg of ketum leaves, 2,000 ml of ketum water and processing equipment seized.
In a separate development, police detained three motorcyclists, in their 20s, for riding dangerously at high speeds under Ops Samseng Jalanan conducted in the Bayan Baru area from 10 pm yesterday to 3 am today.
