Malaysian police arrest 12 in alleged Singapore drug ring

Wed, 27 Jan 2010

Kuala Lumpur - Police detained 12 people including three Singaporean nationals allegedly involved in a syndicate supplying illegal drugs to Singapore, a news report said Wednesday. Anti-narcotics police from the southern Johor state launched raids on the suspects Tuesday, following months of investigations with Singaporean authorities, police chief Mokhtar Shariff said.

"The syndicate trafficked the drugs to Singapore using couriers," Mokhtar was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.

Police seized drugs, cash in multiple foreign currencies, cars, laptops and jewelry worth 530,000 ringgit (151,430 dollars), he said.

Two of the three detained Singaporean men were on the police wanted list in their home country.

The suspects would be charged with trafficking, which under Malaysian law is punishable by the death.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/306065,malaysian-police-arrest-12-in-alleged-singapore-drug-ring.html.