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Drugs Worth RM1.09 Million Seized

47 views · Published 19 January 2018 · 1:51 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics

The Customs Department foiled two attempts to smuggle in drugs worth RM1.09 million into the country via the Kuala Lumpur International Airport earlier this month.

Its director-general, Datuk Seri T. Subromaniam said the department arrested two women and a man, all Indian nationals, in two separate cases at the airport.

In the first case, Datuk Seri Subromainam said on January 4, the enforcement team arrested two sisters, aged 30 and 31, believed to have carried 10.50 kilogrammes of syabu worth RM735,000.

Checks on their luggage found the drugs hidden in a talcum powder container.

In the second case, the department arrested a 32-year-old man on January 11 after checks on two boxes found drugs hidden in several portable gas stoves, weighing 5.20 kilogrammes worth RM364,000.

The three suspects have been remanded to facilitate investigation, under the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a death penalty if found guilty.

On another case, the department also thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 1.2 million Taiwan dollar into the country through the KLIA on Thursday.

Two Nigerians, aged 29 and 30, were arrested after authorities found over one thousand pieces of one-thousand Taiwan dollar notes stuffed in a teddy bear.

The suspects are also being investigating to determine whether they are involved in money laundering related to drug smuggling activities.

(Soundbite Of Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy / Customs Dept. Director-general

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The investigations into these drug cases would not stop here. Recently, I've met with the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, and discussed with him. The Customs Department would work with the police, and the police will work with our department to combat the drug trafficking syndicates.)

Drugs Worth RM1.09 Million Seized

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