The police have crippled a drug-trafficking syndicate with the arrest of a married couple and a third person, as well as the seizure of 451kg of marijuana worth RM1.13 million in two raids in Penaga, Kepala Batas, near George Town last Friday (Jan 13).

Penang police chief Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said a police team from the state’s Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department raided a house in Jalan Bendahara, Penaga at 7.30pm after receiving information and intelligence on the matter.

He said a...