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More than 1,000 arrested in scam call centre raids

A total of 1,066 people have been detained for being involved in scam call centres in the city, says Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid.

21/12/2023 | THE STAR

RM10mil cocaine seized in seafood container

It was a container of frozen seafood from a South America country to China. But the authorities thought there was something fishy about it.

19/12/2023 | THE STAR

808kg of ‘zombie drugs’ seized

For the first time, authorities have seized nearly a tonne of drugs known to be a hundred times more potent than morphine and which has devastating effects on the human mind and body.

19/12/2023 | THE STAR

15 drug suspects killed in clash

Fifteen suspected drug smugglers were killed and about two million methamphetamine tablets seized in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border after a shootout with Thai soldiers, Thai officials said.

19/12/2023 | THE STAR

Fugitive drug dealer jailed

A 37-year-old Singaporean man, wanted for drug trafficking in Singapore, was arrested by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on April 9, along with three female associates.

16/12/2023 | THE STAR

Ex-guard’s death sentence for murder commuted

A former security guard escaped the gallows when the Federal Court here commuted his death sentence to 33 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for the murder of his 17-year-old lover eight years ago.

15/12/2023 | THE STAR

Duo may have been killed for not giving their son money

The 42-yearold man who allegedly murdered his parents at Kampung Sungai Penchala did so because they refused to give him money.

15/12/2023 | THE STAR

Record haul of meth seized near border with Myanmar

Authorities said they have seized 50 million methamphetamine tablets near the country’s border with Myanmar – a record haul of meth pills for Thailand and the second-largest in Asia.

14/12/2023 | THE STAR

Three held after testing positive for drugs

The arrest of three people at the Idaman Apartment here is not connected to the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder investigation, say police.

14/12/2023 | THE STAR

Durian farmers arrested in wild party at homestay

A wild party organised by a group of Musang King durian farmers from Raub came to an abrupt end when police raided the premises of a homestay in Bentong at midnight on Wednesday.

08/12/2023 | THE STAR

New hope for man, 76, on death row

A 76-year-old former security guard who had been facing the gallows could yet see life outside prison after his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment of 30 years by the Federal Court.

07/12/2023 | THE STAR

Datuk on drug trafficking charge

Johor Baru - A businessman, who is also a Datuk, was among five men charged with drug trafficking at the Magistrate’s Court here. Datuk Loong Chan Yow, 46, Wong Fook Loy, 46, and Chai Choon Foo, 54, nodded after the charges were read to them in Mandarin before magistrate R. Salini. However, the char...

05/12/2023 | THE STAR

International drug ring taken down

Following the seizure of some 260kg of ketamine worth an estimated RM15.6mil, the Customs Department believes it has crippled the operations of an international drug trafficking syndicate.

02/12/2023 | THE STAR

Drug lab discovered inside shipping container

What started as an operation against a smuggling syndicate led to the discovery of a drug-processing laboratory inside a shipping container in Pasir Gudang, allegedly managed by a businessman with a Datuk title.

30/11/2023 | THE STAR

Man on drug charge escapes gallows

A 31-year-old man facing the gallows for alleged drug trafficking was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here.

23/11/2023 | THE STAR