More than RM600m worth of drugs seized in Kuala S'gor raid

Police today confirmed that a seizure of drugs worth hundreds of millions had taken place in a raid at a premise at the Alam Jaya Trade Centre in Puncak Alam, Kuala Selangor yesterday.

Kuala Selangor police chief Md Asri A Wahab said the raid was carried out by the Customs Department.

"The confiscation and investigation were carried out by Customs, so we can only confirm a police report has been made at the Jeram police station in connection with this seizure," he said in a statement here.

It was learned that during the raid, the Customs Department had found 11 white sacks containing white powder suspected to be 500kg of ketamine.

Also seized in the raid were 23,230 slabs of white powder believed to be cocaine weighing approximately 3,230kg.

In total, the seizures were estimated to be worth RM676 million.

Meanwhile, a Customs Department spokesperson when contacted declined to comment on the drugs discovery and informed that a press conference would be held today on the case.

- Bernama