Drug smuggling attempts foiled

SEPANG: Customs officers at KL International Airport foiled three attempts to smuggle in a total of 10.53kg of drugs, estimated to worth about RM2 million, last week.
KLIA Customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said the first seizure was made when they found 0.47kg of methamphetamine, worth about RM89,300, in a parcel at a MAS cargo warehouse in KLIA on July 13.
The parcel which arrived from Lagos, Nigeria, on July 5, and addressed to a premises in Klang, Selangor, was believed to be in the name of a foreign national.
He said initial investigations revealed that the address did not exist and the mobile number could not be reached.
"The parcel was not claimed and the importer could not be reached, we then confiscated the parcel which contained a car exhaust," Chik Omar told a press conference at KLIA customs office here.
He said two other seizures were also made on July 13 at about 3.30pm when two 28-year-old India nationals were detained at klia2 with more than 10kg of methamphetamine, worth over RM1.9million, in their luggage.
The drugs were hidden in a secret compartment of the luggage of the suspects, who had just arrived from Chennai, India, with one containing 5.04kg and the other 5.02kg.
The suspects have been remanded for seven days to facilitate investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.