Big haul: Khazali (centre) and other Customs officers showing the methamphetamine found hidden inside the Indian man’s bag of chewing tobacco during the press conference in Sepang.
SEPANG: The Customs Department scored a major success when it foiled an attempt by an Indian national to smuggle in 5.8kg of methamphetamine worth RM1.1mil at KL International Airport.
Its director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said the 39-year-old man was nabbed at 7.40pm on Wednesday, shortly after he arrived at KLIA from Bengaluru, India with his baggage.
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