Cash bagged: The 48,000 pieces of RM50 notes seized by border security officers at a roadblock along Ulu Pauh-Padang Besar road from two men who had stashed the loot in two boxes in the boot of their car.
PADANG BESAR: Two men in a sport utility vehicle (SUV) told officers from the Perlis Border Security Agency (Aksem) that they had RM2.4mil in two boxes in the boot of the vehicle, to be taken back to Penang.
The men, aged 55 and 20, and believed to be a father and son from Padang Besar here, were stopped during an inspection at a roadblock by the Aksem personnel at Ulu Pauh-Padang Besar road.
