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Malaysian cops detain seven in major drug bust
Jul 30, 2009, 5:08 GMT
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police detained seven men and seized one million psychotropic pills worth more than 10 million ringgit (2.7 million dollars) in one of the country's biggest drug raids, official news reports said Thursday.
The suspects, aged between 24 and 52, were detained following a raid on a warehouse in the northern state of Penang early Wednesday, said state narcotics chief S Batumalai.
A total of one million pills, comprising a mixture of ecstasy and Erimin pills, were discovered hidden in a large box, the official Bernama news agency said.
Malaysia's tough drug laws prescribe the mandatory death sentence for those found guilty of trafficking most types of illegal drugs.
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