Police have arrested an Indian national suspected of being the notorious drug kingpin of a transnational syndicate who is wanted by his country’s government while hiding in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on May 13.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the 30-year-old man was arrested by a team from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department together with the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (JSJN) when he was located in a hotel room at 1.35am.