KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 -- A three-person drug syndicate mainly involved in the processing and distribution of heroin, ketamine and Erimin-5 pills were busted following raids last week by police who seized more than RM9 million worth of narcotics.

Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said the the three locals arrested comprised a couple both aged 31, and the 21-year old mastermind, with the drugs seized from four houses in Cheras and Kajang, Selangor on June 5 and 6.

"The suspects claimed they have only been actively distributing the drugs within Klang Valley for the last four months, but they have past drug-related criminal records, so we are still investigating this claim as we don't accept it at face value," Azm...