Customs foils attempts to smuggle RM2.2mil in drugs

 In the first case, 44.78kg of ketamine was found in three parcels at a courier company's mail centre in Sepang on Aug 13.

Selangor customs director Noraidah Ishak said the 44.78kg of ketamine found in the parcels at a courier company was imported from a European country. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

The Selangor customs department foiled attempts to smuggle ketamine and cannabis buds worth more than RM2.24 million in two separate operations in Sepang and Kelantan in August and last month.

Selangor customs director Noraidah Ishak said the drugs, weighing a combined 44.78kg, were seized under Op Mekong Dragon VII and Op Shieldgate, Bernama reported.

She said the first case involved an inspection of three imported courier parcels at a courier company’s mail centre in Sepang on Aug 13.

Two of the boxes had 15 plastic packets and the third 14.

“The suspected ketamine weighed 44.5kg, with an estimated value of RM2.22 million,” Noraidah said in a statement today.

She said the syndicate had declared the items as plastic wrap, fabric, stethoscopes and air filters.

The drugs were imported from a European country, with the recipient’s address in Sepang.

In the second case on Oct 13, customs officers tailed an unregistered motorcycle in Jeli, Kelantan.

“Realising he was being followed, the motorcyclist fled, sparking a pursuit with enforcement vehicles before the suspect escaped.”

Noraidah said the suspect discarded a plastic package by the roadside containing 0.28kg of suspected cannabis buds valued at RM22,880. - FMT