The Selangor Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized ketamine and cannabis buds worth over RM2.24 million in two separate operations in Sepang and Kelantan.

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) foiled attempts to smuggle ketamine and cannabis buds worth more than RM2.24 million in two separate operations in Sepang and Kelantan in August and last month.

Selangor Customs director Noraidah Ishak said the drugs, weighing a combined 44.78 kilogrammes (kg), were seized under Ops Mekong Dragon VII and Ops Shieldgate.

She said the first case involved an inspection of three imported courier parcels at a courier company’s mail centre in Sepang on Aug 13.