KLANG: Police believe they have crippled a drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of seven individuals including the kingpin and seizure of 17.32kg of drugs worth RM1.76 million in three raids here on Monday.

Selangor police deputy chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said the syndicate leader was arrested along with his assistant in the first raid at a parking lot in front of a hotel in Persiaran Raja Muda Musa at around 7pm.