RM1m in drugs seized from KLIA's lost and found dept

SEPANG: Police seized three suitcases containing 49.5kg of crystals, believed to be drug making substances worth around RM1million, from the KL International Airport (KLIA) lost and found department.
Sepang district police chief ACP Abdul Aziz Ali said the suitcases, which arrived from Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan 22, were registered to three different foreigners.
"The first suitcase contained a total 13.5kg of crystals packed in three separate plastic bags.
"The second and third suitcases both had four plastic bags, each containing a total 18kg of the crystal substance," Abdul Aziz told reporters at the Sepang district police headquarters here today.
He said the materials found in the suitcases are believed to be substances used in the manufacturing process of designer drugs.
He said investigators are trying to locating the three suspects registered to the seized suitcases who they believe were still in Malaysia, as well as their travel records.
"We believe the drugs were brought into the country to test the level of security here and to see if they could get away with it, before they try to smuggle in more substances. The police will always be looking out for syndicates like this," he said.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated case, three suspects, including a Pakistani, were charged at the Sepang Magistrates Court last Friday, for possessing 39 fake credit cards from local and foreign banks, and two fake international passports.
The syndicate is believed to have been involved in producing fake credit cards and international passports, and had also purchased travel tickets using stolen credit card information.
Police were tipped-off on the one-year-old syndicate on Jan 19 by the Malaysian Airlines Business Support Centre for Fraud.
"The centre was alerted after a local man purchased a MAS e-ticket for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai using a fake credit card," he said.
Abdul Aziz said investigators picked up the 30-year-old suspect when he was at the airport gates the next day.
Police seized two Malaysian passports, a fake and an original one, and two fake credit cards from the suspect.
Following the arrest, police raided an apartment in Subang Jaya and arrested a 46-year-old local woman and the Pakistani national, 41.
"We found further 37 fake credit cards, a fake passport and several ATM cards during the raid at the apartment," he said.
Abdul Aziz said police are looking for one more Pakistani in connection with the case.