KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 28 -- Police have arrested nine people and seized nearly RM1.48 million worth of ecstasy-laced vape liquid in a series of raids across the Klang Valley on August 22, crippling a local drug syndicate.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Fadil Marsus said those arrested, aged between 24 and 34, were part of a syndicate that had been active since last year.

Speaking at a press conference today, Fadil said the operation was launched based on intelligence gathered by the Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Criminal Investigation Departments and the federal police.

The first raid took place at approximately 7.45 pm that day, at a gated residence in Jalan Kuchai Jaya.

Two suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested and led poli...