Ukrainian woman detained with 2.1kg of cocaine at Penang International Airport


Guan holding up the 'chocolate'.

GEORGE TOWN: A Ukrainian woman has been detained with 2.1kg of cocaine worth RM500,000 at the domestic arrival terminal of Penang International Airport here, Thursday.

Penang Narcotics CID chief Supt Guan Beng Kang said the 22-year-old woman, a first-time visitor to Malaysia, was arrested at 11am upon arrival after she was seen behaving suspiciously.

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