16 Jan 2021 / 18:15 H.
KANGAR: The 18th Battalion of the General Operations Force has (GOF) seized 1,050 kg of ketum leaves worth RM252,900 in two operations under Op Benteng conducted at the Malaysia-Thailand border, on Tuesday.
GOF Northern Brigade Commander SAC Abdul Ghani Mohamad Ji said a 54-year-old man was detained at about 2.30 am after he was caught behaving in a suspicious manner at an unnumbered house near Kampung Wai, Kuala Perlis.
GOF personnel also conducted an inspection on the suspect’s vehicle and found 23 black plastic packets filled with ketum leaves weighing 230 kg, worth, worth RM6,900, he said in a statement, here today.