NILAI, Oct 29 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department crippled an attempt to smuggle 105kg of methamphetamine worth RM3.3 million that was hidden in Chinese tea packets at a logistics company’s warehouse in Shah Alam at 4pm on October 15.
Customs deputy director-general (enforcement and compliance) Ribuan Abdullah said a team of officers confiscated five boxes at the warehouse after finding tea packets containing clear crystal substances believed to be drugs.
Through the seizure, the department estimated that more than 525,000 individuals could be saved from drug abuse.
“The modus operandi was that the suspect used the services of a courier operator from the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur to deliver the parcel to Keningau, Sabah.
“Based on the quantity, there is a possibility these drugs were heading for distribution in Indonesia where the price of these drugs is four times higher than in Malaysia,” he told the press at the Customs’ Narcotics Branch in Kampung Jijan today.
Ribuan said that no arrests have been made so far and the results of the inspection found that the sender’s address was not written while the recipient’s information on the box was false.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
— Bernama
