Melbourne drug haul: Seven suspects identified in Malaysia

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Police have identified several people in Malaysia, who are said to be linked to a methamphetamine drug smuggling ring that was crippled in Melbourne, Australia.  Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din told reporters on Friday (Oct 27) that the identity of these people could not be revealed as the investigations are still ongoing.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/539yakbu  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Police have identified several individuals in Malaysia who are said to be linked to a

00:06 methamphetamine drug smuggling ring that was seized in Melbourne, Australia recently.

00:11 Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department Director, Commissioner Dato' Sri Kamarudin

00:16 Mohamad Din said on Friday that the identity of these individuals could not be revealed

00:21 as the investigations are still ongoing.

00:24 He said the initial investigation found that the drugs were smuggled from the Golden Triangle

00:28 area before being repackaged in Malaysia and sent to Australia.

00:33 Police are currently conducting an investigation to identify the syndicate that smuggled the

00:37 drugs.

00:38 It was reported that Australian police arrested four men, including a 34-year-old Malaysian,

00:43 following the discovery of 622 kilograms worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a shipment

00:49 of toilet paper rolls which arrived in Melbourne via sea cargo from Malaysia on October 4.

00:55 The confiscated drugs are worth about $560 million or approximately 1.7 billion ringgit.

01:03 The other suspects are a 32-year-old man from Hong Kong and two Chinese nationals, both

01:09 aged 33.

01:10 Two suspects were caught at the airport while trying to leave Australia separately.

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