Mohd Zabri commenced his career as a police officer on 1 June 1963 as a Probationary Inspector.
Besides the Ops Jemput Tiga, Zabri also led the three platoons to Hulu Perak in August 1975 to intercept the communist who was involved in the murder case of four Extra Police Constable members from the Grik Police Station where the four officers were killed.