KUCHING, Feb 17  —  The General Operations Force (GOF) detained five Indonesian men and seized five packets containing white crystal, believed to be syabu, worth RM1.4 million, at Pos Jawatankuasa Perancangan Gerakan (JPG) Telok Melano in Sematan last Thursday.

Batu Kawa 11th Battalion GOF commander officer Supt Muhammad  Sar’ie Fauzi (rpt Sar’ie Fauzi) said the arrest was made at about 4.30 pm when the suspects, on three motorcycles, were stopped at the post as they were heading from Kampung Telok Melano to the Malaysia-Indonesia border.

“A GOF team led by Inspector S.Nawinthan detained the five men who were behaving suspiciously at the control post and upon inspection found five packets, weighing five kilogrammes and wrapped in aluminium foil in the bags they were carrying.

“The packets contained white crystal, believed to be syabu,” he said in a statement here tonight.

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He said the suspects, aged between 26 and 56, had been handed over to the police for investigation under 39 (B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act for drug trafficking. — Bernama