JOHOR BARU, May 23 -- The Johor police seized more than RM300,000 in illicit narcotics after they crippled a local syndicate that uses junk cars to store the illicit drugs as a ruse to avoid detection.

Johor police chief M. Kumar said police arrested two local men, aged 35 and 36, during a five-day special operation that started on May 16.

He said the suspects arrested were found to be the syndicate's drug dealers and were tasked with storing and selling the drugs.

"Investigations also found that the syndicate members had deliberately stored the illicit drugs in the junk cars parked in open locations within the city to avoid being detected.

"The two suspects kept their drug supplies in such cars, with one parked in a residential area ...