Trafficking instead of studying


Evidence: Comm Mohd Mokhtar (second from left) showing the Smart Balance Wheel scooters used to smuggle the drugs during a press conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: They come here under the guise of foreign students pursuing an education at our local universities or colleges. But their real purpose is more sinister – to traffic and sell drugs in Malaysia.

Police believe that international drug syndicates are now resorting to using these foreign “students”, especially those from Nigeria, to carry out their illegal activity.

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