KUALA LUMPUR: Heightened, intensified police enforcement in Terengganu has exposed the scale of the state’s drug problem and how narcotics — sold for as little as RM10 — are smuggled in.

JOHOR BARU:  Police arrested four men who attempted to evade capture by driving recklessly, after a high-speed chase that spanned more than five kilometres early yesterday morning.

NEW YORK: The former leader of a brutal Mexican cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero, described by the White House as the world's "most evil" drug boss, pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges in New York Friday.

JOHOR BARU: A 39-year-old local man who was acting as a drug “transporter” and “storekeeper” for a syndicate was arrested by police in a special operation two weeks ago.

TAWAU: An unemployed man was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane by the High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking more than 26kg of cannabis in 2022.

KUANTAN: Drugs, cash and vehicles worth RM1 million were seized in the Pahang Narcotics Crime Investigation Department’s five-day Op Hawk across the state.

KOTA BARU: Police seized 200kg of syabu with an estimated street value of RM6.4 million, believed to be trafficked from the Golden Triangle, in an operation in Tumpat on Feb 23.

GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested three men and a woman, aged 24 to 37, on suspicions of being involved in heroin processing and seized 11 kilogrammes (kg) of heroin worth RM105,600 in raids around George Town and Kulim, Kedah on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry has defended the decision to place the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) under its jurisdiction, saying that this was a matter of public order.

FEB 21: U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing more than 20,000 employees in an unprecedented and chaotic effort that shows no sign of slowing. The layoffs were primarily aimed at workers who have been in their current jobs for less than a year, who have fewer job protections than longer-tenured staffers. In addition, about 75,000 workers have accepted buyouts from the Trump administration. The Trump administration has yet to give a total number for how many people it has fired. Here are details on some of the layoffs at federal departments and agencies gleaned by Reuters reporters so far.

SHAH ALAM: Selangor police have shut down a vape liquid processing lab suspected of producing methamphetamine-laced liquid and seized RM10 million worth of illicit substances during a series of raids on several premises in Seri Kembangan recently.

SEREMBAN: Police raided an illegal drug processing laboratory around Nilai on Monday with a total value of RM3.2 million in seized property.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Customs Department seized 545kg of cannabis worth RM1.69 million left abandoned along the Kuala Perlis coastline on Feb 5.

MUAR: Police busted a drug syndicate following a raid at a hotel here, leading to the arrest of four suspects including an Indonesian man, yesterday.

BENTONG: Two men are facing the death penalty after they were charged at the magistrate’s court here today with trafficking 275,197 grammes of methamphetamine on Feb 6.

JOHOR BARU: A prison inmate was charged at the Sessions Court here today for allegedly offering a bribe to a police officer in Segamat last year in exchange for his release.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Police seized drugs worth RM76.42 million last year, representing a 25-fold increase compared to previous figures, local police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairuddin said.

KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed home detention law is a positive development, not only to address overcrowding issues in prisons but also to provide a second chance to prisoners, said former Permatang Pauh member of Parliament Nurul Izzah Anwar.

JOHOR BARU: The suspect in the slashing incident that took place during a brawl near Merlin Tower here last Tuesday will be charged in court tomorrow.