Police uncovered a drug trafficking syndicate's ploy of hiding ganja in a Chinese cemetery in Mount Erskine, Pulau Tikus in George Town when they carried out a series of raids and arrested two men and seized drugs worth RM496,088 on Wednesday (Jan 24) and Thursday (Jan 25).

Northeast district police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said that in the first raid, they arrested a 50-year-old man by the roadside at the Hong Seng Estate at 4pm and seized ganja weighing 7.82g.

He said that upon interrogation, the suspect led police to...